PCM's Top Articles of the Week

January 11, 2012

PCM's Top Articles of the Week

Because No Child Left Behind celebrated its 10-year anniversary this week, we reflect on the occasion with articles from leaders across the education reform spectrum. This week we include another article that predicts the essential need for computer skills in the future, prompting parents to consider whether or how to factor this into their kids education. If you question whether all the standardized tests in schools are a good thing, read about a movement for “Opting Out.” Stories on poverty and education discuss “toxic stress,” a term used by the American Academy of Pediatrics in their recent statement. Are you familiar with the “marshmallow test?” Find out about it in the articles on motivation and willpower.

Parenting

A Poverty Solution that Starts With a Hug - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

“Toxic Stress” Can Harm Children for Life - KJ Dell ‘Antonia, Motherlode

Girls and Math: Busting the Stereotype - Tina Barseghian, Mind/Shift

Building Your Child’s Self-Confidence - Martha Burns, Science of Learning Blog

Computer Skills are the Grammar of the 21st Century - Jessica Shepherd, Guardian

Learning

Can You Increase Your Intelligence? Here Are 5 Ways - Andrea Kuszewski, Scientific American

Helping Students Motivate Themselves - Larry Ferlazzo, New York Times

The Willpower Trick - Jonah Lehrer, Wired

Gameification: Accelerating Learning with Technology - Burrus & Mann, Huff Post Education

More Left Brain / Right Brain Nonsense - Steven Novella, Neurologica Blog