Originally Published at Science Daily. August 19, 2013 Getting kids to share their toys is a never-ending battle, and compelling them to do so never seems to help. New research suggests that allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own toys in order to share [...]
From left, students Ryan Gersbach, Joe Lacroix, and Brianna DeRosier join in a World War I simulation game at Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, N.H. Photographer: Ann Hermes|Staff Competency-based education is all the rage or it may be the source of rage. Malediction or matriculation? What [...]
By Valerie Strauss | Originally Published at The Washington Post. August 2, 2013 Increasingly we hear that academic work, including test prep, is reaching down into the lowest grades, even preschool. Here’s a post with teacher concerns on the issue, written by Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, [...]
Originally Published at Nation of Change July 2, 2013 Too often, when it comes to determining whether a new public program is too expensive or not, no one asks, “Compared to what?” What high-performing business, for instance, would forego the need to invest new capital in something [...]
For scores, overconfidence has proven to bring us down. What we characterize as confidence might more accurately be a reflection of the stories we tell ourselves. We exaggerate our expectations of consistency. We presume or believe that life is predictable. With little evidence for causality, we create [...]
By Claire Needell Hollander Originally Published atThe New York Times. June 8, 2013 “IT’S sad,” the kid at the far table told me, “but it’s my favorite poem we worked on.” He was talking about “The Weary Blues,” by Langston Hughes, and although his emotional language was [...]
Students at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School in Dorchester, Massachusetts. (Reuters/Adam Hunger) By Greg KaufmannCo-authored with Elaine Weiss | Originally Published at The Nation. February 1, 2013 - 11:26 AM ET Researchers know a lot about how various factors associated with income level affect a [...]
Illustration; Joyce Hesselberth Sympathy is sweet, but empathy is excellent. While it is nice to know that someone cares; it cannot compare to what might be shared – our pains and our sorrows. Sympathy keeps us safe – and separate. Empathy Educates, it exfoliates. It is other [...]
Photograph; PREP Simone Brown helping a student at Intermediate School 292 in Brooklyn prepare for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, the subject of a recent lawsuit. By Ginia Bellafante | Originally Published at The New York Times. October 5, 2012 Not too long ago, I witnessed [...]
