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Articles on July 12, 2015

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Yes, Helicopter Parenting Is Bad For Kids. Here Are The Studies.
Slate - 7/5/15

"The data emerging about the mental health of our kids only confirms the harm done by asking so little of them when it comes to life skills yet so much of them when it comes to adhering to the academic plans we’ve made for them.”

adolescence

Will Those Goth Kids Be All Right? Probably, If Metal Is Any Sign.
Pacific Standard - 7/7/15
A Problem-Solving (Instead of Punishment) Approach To Discipline
Mother Jones - 7/1/15
‘How To Raise An Adult’ - Another Anti-Helicopter Parent Book
New York Times - 6/15/15

assessment

An Argument To Remove ‘D’ Grades
Atlantic - 6/29/15
Linda Darling-Hammond Takes Down Standardized Testing [video]
YouTube/TedXStanford - 6/29/15

athletics

USWNT And The Case For Multi-Sport Athletes
USA Today - 7/3/15

cognitive science

Bad Dreams Are Good For You [Video]
YouTube/New York Magazine - 7/9/15
Konnikova, Part 3: What Sleep Deprivation Does To You
New Yorker - 7/9/15
The Science Behind Pixar’s “Inside Out”
Pacific Standard - 7/8/15
Konnikova, Part 2: What Happens When We’re Sleeping
New Yorker - 7/8/15
Konnikova, Part 1: Why We Can’t Fall Asleep
New Yorker - 7/7/15

creativity

A Two-Step Approach To Innovation: Building Blocks & Metaphors
Farnam Street - 1/20/13

curriculum

In Praise Of Multidisciplinarity (via The Advanced Sciences)
Lindau-Nobel - 6/30/15

diversity/inclusion

This Document On How To Be A White Ally Is Circulating via Google
Google Docs / Cameron Hough - 7/12/15
Describing White Privilege Without Saying “White Privilege”
Those People - 7/6/15

humanities

Do We Really Want To Read Harper Lee’s Sequel To “Mockingbird”?
New York Times - 7/10/15
Comp Lit Prof + Math/CS Major + Pliny the Elder = Digital Humanities
New Yorker - 7/7/15
What Is American Culture? What Is The Role Of Cultural Literacy?
Atlantic - 7/3/15
New Novel Reframes Charles Dickens As Thieving Innovator
Atlantic - 6/1/15

leadership

How To Promote Competency Based Learning Around You
KQED - 7/9/15
Key Tips For Running Meetings
Harvard Business Review - 7/6/15
A Comic Take On Org Charts [Humor]
Fast Company - 6/29/15

pedagogy

Case Studies In Blended Learning
iNACOL - 7/1/15

reading/writing

A Summary What We Know About Reading On Screens vs. On Paper
Fast Company - 7/8/15
EdX Offers An English Grammar And Writing Course
EdX - 7/7/15
An Argument For Using The Summer To Reread Old Favorites
Wall Street Journal - 7/1/15
What Is The Boundary Between Fact & Fiction? (via Joseph Mitchell)
Atlantic - 6/1/15

stem

On Using Symmetry To Teach Negative Numbers
Stanford - 7/6/15

tech

More Tales Of (And Reasons For) Banning Laptops In Lecture Halls
New York Magazine - 7/9/15
Our Smartphones Own Us. Here Are The Numbers.
Gallup - 7/9/15
App As Assistant, In Health and Travel. And For Education?
Nirandfar - 7/8/15
The Kids Are Fine: We’re Just Sad They’re Happy While We’re Dying
The Awl - 7/6/15
Kids Like Tablets; TV Seen as Punishment; iPad > Dessert
Advertising Age - 7/6/15

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The Dangers Of Screen Time (And Comment Threads That Defend It)
New York Times - 7/6/15
How Facebook Is Trying To Coach Users To Be Nice [Paywall]
New Scientist - 5/28/15
US Dept of Education: 10 Opportunities For Tech To Transform Ed
US DOE Dept of Educational Technology - 4/1/15

workplace

The Mere Presence Of Your Phone Diminishes Productivity
Harvard Business Review - 7/10/15

other

In Praise Of Drawing, And How It Helps Us See Differently
Brain Pickings - 7/10/15
Should Your Counseling Office Have A Dog?
Bright - 7/9/15
What Majors Are More Likely To Marry People From the Same Major?
Priceonomics - 7/7/15
4 Types Of Introverts: Social, Thinking, Anxious, and Restrained
New York Magazine - 6/25/15