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Daniel Willingham Offers Proposal For Reforming Teacher Training
Education Next - 3/27/18

“K–12 teachers, I will argue, have little use for psychological theory, but could benefit from knowing the observations—developmental patterns and consistencies in children’s cognition, motivation, and emotion. Such knowledge roughly equates to “understanding children.””
The Science Of How Space Affects Thinking, Creativity
Medium - 6/2/17

"Our mental space stands in direct proportion to our perception of physical space.”

admissions

On Parents Managing Their Own Stress About College Applications
New York Times - 3/24/18

“I have a child who’s a junior in high school, which means that everywhere I go, people want to talk about one thing: college.”
“The Case For Eliminating The SAT And ACT In UCal Admissions”
Berkeley - 12/1/17

adolescence

"Teen Driving By The Numbers”
Wired - 3/27/18

athena

Tactics For Having Ambitious Goals
Stanford Social Innovation Review - 3/26/18
Building Social Networks (In Math, Via Dan Meyer)
KQED - 3/25/18

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athletics

Local Accountant Called Up As NHL Backup, Become Hero
NPR - 3/30/18

“He stopped one shot after another — seven times blocking the Jets' attempts to score. In a moment most rec-league players can recognize from our wildest dreams, the fans in the United Center began chanting his name.”

character

The Relationship Between Wealth & Happiness, Visualized By Nation
Visual Capitalist - 3/29/18
Understanding Wisdom: Factors, Descriptors, And A Test
TED - 3/27/18
Teach Grit Through Gratitude, Not Willpower
Chronicle of Higher Education - 3/18/18
How To Teach Children To Be Kind
Huffington Post - 3/9/18

"Both research and real-life examples show us that if kindness and empathy are modeled to kids in everyday life they are much more likely to continue this attitude into middle school and beyond. Modeling empathy starts early. Research indicates that if parents use more descriptive language in explaining how other people might be feeling, even toddlers are more likely to learn perspective-taking.”

professional development

Professional Development Is A Retention Strategy
Gallup - 3/27/18

“The primary reason teachers gave for leaving their last job was career advancement or development, with 60% of teachers who left voluntarily citing reasons related to this category.”
"Why It’s So Hard To Hear Negative Feedback” — And Give It
New York Times - 3/26/18

“Why do we react this way to feedback that is ostensibly supposed to help us? Essentially, it’s because all of us are so awful at delivering negative feedback. It’s a self-reinforcing vicious circle that trains us to avoid what would make us better at work and in life.”

pedagogy

“Frickin Packets”: A Deep Dive Into The Good And Bad Of Worksheets
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/26/18
Exploring The Evidence Landscape Of Field Trip Effectiveness
Larry Cuban - 3/26/18

reading/writing

Meditation On Teaching Fiction Writing
The Millions - 3/19/18

“I sat in the dark staring at my laptop. I was well into my second hour of watching sword fights on YouTube. I switched between samurai movies, anime, medieval battle scenes, and pirate duels. Two of my students just kept writing about sword fights, and I was trying to be a better teacher. If I was going to critique the battle scenes in their novels-in-progress, I needed to understand what made a good sword fight.”

social media

Lessons From A 1,600 Person Voluntary Social Media Break
Cal Newport - 3/28/18

stem

On Using Literature In Math Class
KQED - 3/18/18

“What I appreciated most is how humanizing our conversations were of mathematics — in terms of who was doing it — and how much curiosity students brought to the mathematical ideas they were exposed to.”

sustainability

The Environmental Impact Of Buying A Smartphone Is Huge
Fast Company - 3/27/18

“Buying a new smartphone consumes as much energy as using an existing phone for an entire decade.”
"The Population Bomb” And The Inevitable Collapse Of Civilization
Guardian - 3/22/18

tech

What Does Screen Time Do To Your Eyes?
Wired - 3/27/18

workplace

Four Day School Weeks. They’re Growing, Usually For Budget Reasons
Newsweek - 3/25/18

"Even the number of districts which have schools on a four-day week is hard to say - recently Heyward was able to identify 470 districts for certain but says she conservatively estimates that there are around 500.”

other

Linda Brown, From Brown v. Board of Education, Dies At 75
New York Times - 3/26/18
From The Information Age To The Reputation Age
Aeon - 3/14/18
Do Selective Schools Provide Additional Value?
Taylor & Francis - 1/29/18

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