by Jerry Nash | Sep 5, 2019 | Chess in Education, Chess in Education - US
The Center on the Developing Child (CDC) at Harvard University recently released findings about the critical nature of developing executive functions in early childhood and adolescence. The video is an overview of several papers on the subject. The online article...
by Neil Dietsch | Jun 30, 2019 | International
June 27, 2019 – CIS’s Jerry Nash has been named Editor in Chief for the journal Chess: Education and Science. This is the official journal of the Chess Scientific Research Institute (CSRI) at the Armenian State Pedagogical University at Kh. Abovyan. The...
by Neil Dietsch | Mar 31, 2019 | Alabama Chess in Schools, Chess in Education, Chess in Education Initiative, US
March 30, 2019 – State Superintendent of Education Eric Mackey endorsed CIS’s Chess in Education Initiative in this March 20, 2019 memorandum to City and County School Superintendents. We are also pleased to have the support of Ryan Hollingsworth,...
by Neil Dietsch | Feb 10, 2019 | Alabama Chess in Schools, US
February 10, 2019 – Independent researchers from Tennessee Tech University and the University of Alabama have released findings based on three years of data from the Alabama Chess in Schools (ACIS) program. The study is believed to be the largest of its kind in...
