By Danielle Daley | Originally Published at Black Culture. October 25, 2013 Black identity development is recognized as the construction of one’s sense of Blackness. This occurs over several stages, most notably illustrated in Dr. William Cross’ model of Nigrescence, first published in 1971. This “process of [...]
Image; Childhood poverty impacted how much the two regions of the prefrontal cortex (as shown in orange circles) were engaged during emotion regulation. (Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) By Sherri McGinnis González | Originally Published at University of Illinois Chicago. October 21, 2013 [...]
Do we need to teach what comes naturally or would we be better to defy our need to control nature? Teach Kids to Daydream By Jessica Lahey | Originally Published at The Atlantic. October 16, 2013 Today’s children are exhausted, and not just because one in three [...]
Varied student backgrounds get too little weight Originally Published at LoHud. October 15, 2013 The study can be read at Review and Analysis of New York State Growth Model New York’s first attempt to grade teachers on their students’ progress was flawed in several key ways, a [...]
There are many trends in education that come and go. What remains the same are students and how they learn. Clothing styles change and many interpret that as a change in children, but consider this, a child dressed in rags is no different than the one donned [...]
Regardless of the abundant research on the ineffectiveness of merit pay, states continue to adopt policies that promote the plan. However, those same lawmakers who think money motivates, refuse to fund their own programs. Hence, failed and popular policies go quietly into the darkness from which they [...]
Photograph; Paul Ribiero, director of guidance at Darien High School, presented the new counselor curriculum to the Board of Education at 35 Leroy Ave., in Darien, Conn. Photo: Megan Spicer Might the question be has the Darien school system thought to do as students have requested for [...]
Photograph: James P. Steyer, the chief of Common Sense Media. The pundits, the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue States: red states for Republicans, blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God [...]
Photograph: Kindergarten gets as tough with multiple choice tests Kindergarteners are having a tough time with standardized math tests. Originally Published at New York Daily News. October 10, 2013 Goodbye Play-Doh, hello No. 2 pencils. Because of a tough new curriculum and teacher evaluations, 4- and 5-year-olds [...]
