The Educator's Notebook

On The Value of Conflict: 4 Rules for Productive Disagreement.
New York Times - 11/4/17

"If no one ever argues, you’re not likely to give up on old ways of doing things, let alone try new ones. Disagreement is the antidote to groupthink. We’re at our most imaginative when we’re out of sync. There’s no better time than childhood to learn how to dish it out — and to take it.”
First Translation Of The Odyssey Into English By A Woman
New York Times - 11/2/17

"I’d never read an “Odyssey” that sounded like this. It had such directness, the lines feeling not as if they were being fed into iambic pentameter because of some strategic decision but because the meter was a natural mode for its speaker.”

“How Making Art Helps Teens Better Understand Their Mental Health”
KQED - 11/1/17
"What Good Is Knowing The Bible?”
JStor - 10/27/17
Distant Reading: A Syllabus For A HS Digital Humanities Course
Distant Reading - 8/1/17

“In a digital age, we have new and different tools at our disposal to help us draw meaning from literature, and in this elective, we will experiment with some of these tools, looking at great works and at our own writing as well… By the end of the spring we’ll have an understanding of some of the limits and opportunities of these new approaches.”

Minerva Schools Boast Extraordinary Student Performance
Medium - 10/10/17

"Minerva was ranked number 1 of all schools that administered the test. The average score of our students at the end of their freshman spring term was higher than the scores of senior graduating classes at every other university and college that administered the test.”

Is Work-Life Integration Actually Better Than Work-Life Separation?
Quartz - 11/2/17

"Several professors observed that when employees changed behavior between work and life, they performed worse at their jobs. When their behavior was the same between both work and life, they maintained higher levels of job performance.”

Teacher Makes Case Against Being Politically Neutral In Class
Bright - 11/3/17

"The Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility’s Teachable Moments project provides 10 ways teachers can engage with controversial topics in their classroom. Generally, the strategies mirror recommended pedagogical strategies such as finding out what students already know, making connections to students’ lives and families, and creating space for kids to opt out of conversations that make them uncomfortable.”
Plant Intelligence: It Appears Trees Communicate With Each Other
Quartz - 11/3/17
LA And Houston Public Libraries Trash Talk Via Book Spine Poetry
LAist - 10/31/17

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