The most news-generating story this week comes from the OECD, the organization that conducts the global student achievement tests. They released results from a new test, one that assesses adults in the workplace, to compare the smarts of each nation’s workers. Guess how America did? ● Articles from bigger-named writers this week include Daniel Goleman on cognitive control, Tina Rosenberg on ‘flipped’ schools, Linda Darling-Hammond on testing and accountability, and Yong Zhao on disquieting changes to China's education policy. ● “Ethical Parenting” by Lisa Miller, at New York Magazine, provoked many dissenting responses. ● The most intriguing article this week is from Larry Magid, on the internet safety industrial complex. ● If you take the family to see Gravity, be ready to correct the science errors, but only after raving over the special effects, of course.
Parenting
Ethical Parenting Is There Such a Thing? Ask Your Kids - Lisa Miller, New York Magazine
Why Is It So Hard to Be an Ethical Parent? - Jessica Grose, Slate
Parents' Time with Kids More Rewarding Than Paid Work - Wendy Wang, Pew Research
An Average School I Would Want My Children to Attend - Craig Hochbein, Washington Post
Teacher or Parent: Does One Role Trump the Other? - Julie Hiltz, Center for Teaching Quality
Why Boys Keep Misbehaving - Connie Matthiessen, GreatSchools
What to Do If Your Teen Is a Bully - Kelsey Sheehy, US News
Beware of the Internet Safety Industrial Complex - Larry Magid, SafeKids.com
Learning
Forget Delayed Gratification: What Kids Need is Cognitive Control - Daniel Goleman, Time
The Silly Claim That Americans Don't Have Time to Read - Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic
For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov - Pamela Belluck, NYT
Empathy Helps Children to Understand Sarcasm - Science Daily
The Key to Learning: Knowing How Learning Works - Annie Murphy Paul, Time
Peer Pressure's Influence Calculated by Mathematician - Science Daily
Using Music to Close the Academic Gap - Lori Miller Kase, The Atlantic
Education
New OECD Skills Test: US Adults Lag in Practical Workplace Skills - Joy Resmovits, Huff Post
Good News on Adult Science Literacy - Hank Campbell, USA Today
Fewer, Better Tests Can Boost Achievement - L Darling-Hammond, M Tucker, J Jackson, EW
Why is China, the Top Test Scoring Nation, Doing a 180 on Testing Policy? - Yong Zhao, EW
Deciding Who Sees Students' Data - Natasha Singer, New York Times
About 'Flipped' Schools: Turning Education Upside Down - Tina Rosenberg, New York Times
Vouchers Don't Do Much for Students - Stephanie Simon, Politico
What to Make of Politico's Big Anti-Voucher Story - Rick Hess, National Review
Diane Ravitch's 'Error' on Privatizers vs Innovators - Anya Kamenetz, Hechinger Report
Why Are there Still So Few Women in Science? - Eileen Pollack, New York Times
Resources
Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Twitter Rant About Sci Errors in 'Gravity' - Shaunacy Ferro, Popular Sci
21 Resources for Raising Current-Event Savvy Kids - Laura G Weldon, GeekMom
Netflix Academy: 10 Best Streaming Videos on Native American Cultures - M Petrilli, Flypaper
Introduced at Education Nation, Parent Tookkit - parenttoolkit.com
How to Put Words on a Picture: Great App to Do Just That - coolmomtech
Bill Nye Launches Web-Series on the NASA Journey to Jupiter - Meghan Kelly, VentureBeat
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