Chess in schools, from my earlier research when I needed it:

[Brigid <brig@INFOBLVD.NET>]

"Kids benefit academically, socially, and in other areas critical for
success in life as a result of playing chess.  Chess playing has long been
shown to correlate with improved academic performance in students through
its emphasis on critical or strategic thinking skills, improved
concentration and tenacity, and because serious chess playing results in
greater self esteem. Because kids tend to think of chess players as "smart,"
students who learn to play the game believe they too, are smart; in numerous
documented cases, academic performance improved as a result of becoming
involved with chess
(http://www.schoolchess.com/chessvideolibrary3.html)
More importantly, from this website:
(http://www.loeschfamily.net/chess/hbms/)
(from "Chess in the Schools"):
"In 1991, with funding from the IBM Corporation, we commissioned a study
conducted by a leading educational psychologist looking at the effect
learning and playing chess had on reading scores of children in the
Chess-in-the-Schools program in New York City Community School District 9.
Located in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood, Community School
District 9 students have historically scored the lowest in reading and math
of all 32 New York City school districts. The findings were significant.
Children in the Chess-in-the-Schools program showed an average year-to-year
gain of 5.37 percentile points against the national average. The gains were
particularly impressive among children who started with low or average
initial scores. Non-chess playing control groups showed no gain."


Also, go to http://www.schoolchess.com

good luck,
Brigid Heckman
Greenwood Central Schook
Greenwood, NY

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