About a year ago I said to a friend, “Privacy doesn’t matter anymore. People are more concerned with transparency.” That was before Edward Snowden. This week's article picks try to make sense about student data privacy, parents spying on their kids online, schools spying on their students online after school hours, and youth not caring about privacy, as they adeptly adjust their privacy settings. ● Two reports this week generated much news. Pediatricians issued new screen time guidelines and Common Sense Media published a comprehensive survey of kids’ media consumption. ● Articles by PCM Influencers, E.D. Hirsch Jr., Diane Ravitch, and Linda Darling-Hammond address issues pertaining to the common core and international student test scores.
Parenting
Why First Borns Do Better in School - V. Joseph Hotz, Slate
Pediatricians Set Limits on Screen Time - Andrea Petersen, Wall Street Journal
Is There Too Much Fear in Pediatricians New Media Policy? - Justin Reich, Education Week
Disney Brings New Show to Tablets First - Chris Welch, The Verge
Should You Bribe Your Kids? - Bruce Feiler, KJ Dell'Antonia, New York Times
Are Your Kids Average on Digital Media Usage? New Study Out - Jordan Shapiro, Forbes
Parents Underestimate How Often Children Are Cyberbullied - ScienceDaily
Youth Less Troubled About Privacy, But Take More Countermeasures - D. Coldewey, NBC News
Big Mother Is Watching You - Judith Shulevitz, New Republic
Learning
Intention and Learning - Annie Murphy Paul, Creativity Post
Heritability of Intelligence: Not What You Think - Scott Barry Kaufman, Huff Post Sci
The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' - Miles Kimball & Noah Smith, The Atlantic
How to Make Toddlers Smarter: Talk to Them - Darshak Sanghavi, Brookings
Quick, Simple Test Assesses Creativity - Rich Nauert, PhD, PsychCentral
If You're Happy and You Know It, Baby Knows It Too - Kate Gammon, PopSci
Education
Do We Invest in Preschools or Prisons? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Universal Pre-K Won't Solve Vocabulary Gap, or Inequality - Kay Hymowitz, Time
Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education - The Daily Riff
America and Its High-Potential Kids - Andy Smarick, Education Next
Protecting Children from Toxic Stress - David Bornstein, New York Times
Textbooks, Dumbed Down or Not? Readablity and Complexity - E.D. Hirsch, Huff Post
Measuring America's Decline, in 3 Charts - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
International Text Scores Predict Nothing - Diane Ravitch, Huff Post
Common Core is What We Have, What To Do Now - Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford.edu
Understanding Education Through Big Data - Lyndsay Grant, dmlcentral.net
Warily, Schools Watch Students on the Internet - Somini Sengupta, New York Times
What Schools Can Do to Help Boys Succeed - Christina Hoff Sommers, Time
Algebra Doesn't Have to Be Scary - Sophie Quinton, The Atlantic
Resources
The Coolest and Free-est Halloween Playlists - coolmomtech
Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America 2013 [Infographic] - Common Sense Media
Heard of Rainbow Loom? Boys Love It - Annie Murphy Paul, Time
10 Best Streaming Videos on Insects - Michael Petrilli, Fordham Institute
6 Tips to Get Kids Excited About Coding - Jen Mozen, The Journal
Let the Games Begin: Diving Into SimCityEDU - Katrina Schwartz, Mind/Shift
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