The Educator's Notebook

Colleges Hold Separate Commencement for Black, 1st Gen Students
New York Times - 6/2/17

"Participants say the ceremonies are a way of celebrating their shared experience as a group, and not a rejection of official college graduations, which they also attend. Depending on one’s point of view, the ceremonies may also be reinforcing an image of the 21st-century campus as an incubator for identity politics.”
The Cognitive Magic Of Shakespearean Wordplay
Nautilus - 5/25/17

"His theory may explain the ineffable mind-states that poetry creates in us: poetic experience as the interaction of barely perceptible mental processes whose delicate, scintillating play is usually washed out by the spotlight of conscious attention.”

More Detail On What Sleep Adolescents Need
New York Times - 5/22/17

"The survey then asked the students to reflect on what kinds of questions the exam might include, and to identify which of 15 available class resources they would use to study… They were asked to write down why each resource would be useful and how they would use it, effectively mapping out a study plan.”
How A Short Metacognitive Practice Improves Outcomes
Quartz - 5/9/17

The Key: Play and Academics Together, Taught By A Skilled Teacher.
New York Times - 5/30/17

"The school reform movement has pushed to bring more formal math and phonics concepts into the preschool curriculum. At the same time, education experts I trust say academics and play don’t exist on opposite ends of a spectrum. Rather, in an effective classroom, they are intermixed.”

Head of School Charts Path Forward In The Middle East
King's Academy - 5/28/17

"It is impossible to plan for the unknown, but two orientations are essential for schools of the future. First, schools must be agile, flexible, open to change, fully awake to new and innovative approaches to learning, willing to experiment and courageous enough to discard tired and dated practices. At the same time, they need to move into the future dedicated to their mission and values and confident in who they are. Here is a four-pointed educational compass that I believe can guide us as we move into the future.”

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