How do the education policies of accountability and the common core relate to parents' widespread push-back over testing and the privacy of student data? 10 articles below uncover the interrelationships and explain the impacts for parents. ● A survey of parents published last week by The Joan Cooney Ganz Center (the nonprofit affiliated with Sesame Workshop) got broad attention. Parents gave their opinions on the informal learning value of kids’ screen time spent on electronics around the home. How do their opinions compare to yours? ● This week find out more about the 10,000 Hour Rule and the growth mindset. ● Stories about education influencers Arne Duncan, E.D. Hirsch Jr., and Rep. George Miller made our roundup.● Did you hear about the twitter account, started by two teens, called @HistoryInPictures? What a fun, go-viral story.
Parenting
Learning at Home: Families Educational Media Use in America - Joan Ganz Cooney Center
3 Ways We Prevent Media Overload in Our Family - Lorraine Akemann, What To Expect
Students Won't Learn? Go Visit Their Parents - Jay Mathews, Washington Post
The Defiant Parents: Opting Out of Testing - Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker
Parents Worried Student Data Will Be Used for Marketing - Allie Bidwell, US News
Your Web-Savvy Kids Are Outsmarting Your Parental Controls - Jenna Kagel, Fast Company
7 Parenting Behaviors That Keep Kids From Becoming Leaders - Kathy Caprino, Forbes
Age-Appropriate Chores for Children (Montessori Chart) - KJ Dell'Antonia, New York Times
Learning
Dopamine and Teenage Logic - Daniel Siegel, The Atlantic
Extra Zzz's in Morning May Help Teens Stay Alert in Class - US News
Unintended Consequences of Praise for Low-Esteem Kids - Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard
The Link Between Media Multitasking And Impulsiveness - Belle Beth Cooper, Fast Company
Why Positive Encouragement Works Better Than Criticism - Elise Hu, NPR
Debunking the 10,000 Hour Rule - Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
Education
It Takes a Generation - David Brooks, New York Times
What About Student Accountability? - Annie Murphy Paul, Brilliant Blog
When Done Right, Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less - Jessica Lahey, The Atlantic
Test More, Not Less - Russ Whitehurst, K. Lindquist, EducationNext
Test to Get Into College Now Followed by Test to Get Out - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
College Degrees That Get the Most Job Offers - Susan Adams, Forbes
Telling the Truth on Achievement Gaps Improves Education - Arne Duncan, Washington Post
The Problems with the Common Core - Stan Karp, Rethinking Schools
New Book on ED Hirsch, Knowledge at the Core (Free) - C. Finn & M. Petrilli, EducationNext
Adieu to Edu-Guru George Miller and His 'Stache - Fawn Johnson, National Journal
Resources
Just Released: Sample Test Questions for New Common Core Tests - PARCC
Education Stats, State by State (Clickable Infographic) - BestEducationDegrees.com, Wash Post
25 US High Schools with Highest Standardized Text Scores - Melia Robinson, Business Insider
Fact Sheet On President's Plan for More Affordable College - The White House
The State of America's Children, 2014 Report - Children's Defense Fund
The 2 Teens Who Run the Wildly Popular @HistoryInPics - Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic
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