New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire. By Alison Gopnik | Originally published at Slate. March 16, 2011 Ours is an age of pedagogy. Anxious parents instruct their children more and more, at younger and younger ages, until they're reading [...]
How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? Now that you know who you are, what do you want to be? And have you traveled very far, far as the eye can see? ~The BeatlesBaby, you might not be a rich man or woman [...]
Once again, Americans are up in arms or perchance, better armed and dangerous. Only little more than a week into 2011, citizens have had to confront their fears, feelings, all at gunpoint. It began on a calm, clear Saturday. In a Safeway Store Tucson parking lot Congresswoman [...]
I share a tale, or two from the 2010-2011 holiday season. For me, the stories ring true today. The topics are, teaching and reaching, learning and growing, in the holiday season.Christmas on the Corner. New Years at the Yield By Betsy L. Angert This year, Christmas and [...]
Photograph: Students at a magnet school in Chicago wait for the start of classes last year. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Originally Published at Pacific Standard: The Science of Society. November 28, 2010 5:00 AM Miller-McCune interviews two education experts about the promise and betrayal of diversity in [...]
By Shankar Vedantam | Originally Published at Slate. November 12 2010 3:04 PM If parenthood sucks, why do we love it? Because we're addicted. At the end of a long day, after a rotten commute filled with road rage and little accomplished at work, with chores piled [...]
By Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D., and David Rivera, M.S. | Originally Published at Psychology Today. Microaggressions in Everyday Life October 5, 2010 Is subtle bias harmless? Not too long ago, I (Asian American) boarded a small plane with an African American colleague in the early hours [...]
By Scott Huebner | Originally Published at The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Volume 39, Issue 2 October 2010 With the increased emphasis on measuring school success primarily through academic outcomes, some might argue that school professionals cannot afford to pay much attention to students’ well-being, [...]
Michigan Multi-Millionaire Betsy DeVos Is A Four-Star General In A Deceptive Behind-The-Scenes War on Public Schools and Church-State Separation By Rob Boston | Originally Published at Americans United. Featured September 2010 In March [2010], a Michigan multi-millionaire named Betsy DeVos announced the formation of a new national [...]
