The Educator's Notebook

Does Authoritative Parenting Actually Help Students Succeed?
New York Times - 2/7/19

"The most effective parents, according to the authors, are “authoritative.” They use reasoning to persuade kids to do things that are good for them. Instead of strict obedience, they emphasize adaptability, problem-solving and independence — skills that will help their offspring in future workplaces that we can’t even imagine yet.”
"Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two” - An Excellent Read
New York Times - 2/4/19

“A small group of well-educated professionals enjoys rising wages, while most workers toil in low-wage jobs with few chances to advance.”

"Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office”
New York Times - 2/7/19

“From elementary school through college, girls are more disciplinedabout their schoolwork than boys; they study harder and get better grades. Girls consistently outperform boys academically. And yet, men nonetheless hold a staggering 95 percent of the top positions in the largest public companies. What if those same habits that propel girls to the top of their class — their hyper-conscientiousness about schoolwork — also hold them back in the work force?”

MoMA Renovation Reflects Broader Shift Towards Multiculturalism
New York Times - 2/5/19

“The advantages of such switchovers are many. Repeat visitors will have fresh art experiences. New histories will get told. Old canons will start to erode. At the same time, though, MoMA’s organizational mettle will be under stress. Big museums are kludgy, slow-moving machines. I suspect the new schedule will keep MoMA staff up late working nights, which, of course, young people can do, no problem. So with luck, much of the shifting and rethinking will be assigned to junior curators energized by the challenge and filled with 21st century ideas, about, among other things, the ethics of determining the cultural breadth of art to be shown.”

Revisiting Head Start, And What Makes The Preschool Program Work
New York Times - 2/4/19

"The monitoring began in 2012 with an observational tool called Class, which is devised to measure teaching quality. Developed at the University of Virginia, it quantifies three aspects of a teacher’s performance: instructional support, emotional support and classroom organization.”

The Dark Lady: A Fascinating Theory About Shakespeare’s Last Sonnets
WBUR - 2/8/19
History Is In Decline In Colleges Everywhere… Except the Ivies.
New Yorker - 2/4/19

“For the past decade, history has been declining more rapidly than any other major, even as more and more students attend college… There’s a catch, however. It’s boom time for history at Yale, where it is the third most popular major, and at other élite schools, including Brown, Princeton, and Columbia, where it continues to be among the top declared majors.”

3 Assignments For “Using Sports To Develop Evidence-Based Arguments”
New York Times - 2/7/19
On How Teaching And Coaching (Sports) Inform Each Other
KQED - 2/7/19
"Love What You Do In Front Of The Kids In Your Life”
Austin Kleon - 2/5/19

"If we want to raise whole human beings, we have to become whole human beings ourselves. This is the really, really hard work. Want your kids to read more? Let them see you reading every day. Want your kids to practice an instrument? Let them see you practicing an instrument. Want your kids to spend more time outside? Let them see you without your phone.”

Bezos Requires Execs To Write Arguments, Not Use Powerpoints
CNBC - 4/23/18

"The reason writing a 'good' four page memo is harder than 'writing' a 20-page PowerPoint is because the narrative structure of a good memo forces better thought and better understanding of what's more important than what.”

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