The big news this week is a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The story was widely covered by mainstream media, so maybe you've heard. Pediatricians are telling education leaders that the science of learning about sleep and the teen brain is too significant to ignore. Will this impact high school start times across America? 6 7 Several weeks ago Hillary Clinton started an initiative on the “word gap,” one of our top learning concepts. Now Sal Khan, the celebrated founder of Khan Academy, started a campaign to spread the word about growth mindsets. We're thrilled because these initiatives are sure to help parents gain cortical mass! 1 3 5 Learn more this week about PCM topics such as informal learning 2, the 10,000 Hour Rule 4, the common core 8 9, teacher effectiveness 10, and charter schools. 11 12 Parents, it's fall. The question will come up. Please, don’t spread bad science about what causes the leaves to change color. Really. Let's fix this! 13
Parenting
1 The Learning Myth: Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart - Sal Khan, Khan Academy
2 Informal Ed: What Students Are Learning Outside the Classroom - Annie Murphy Paul, Hechinger Rpt
Kids and Screen Time: What Does the Research Say? - Juana Summers, NPR Ed
What Are Schools Doing with Your Kids' Data? - Dan Tynan, Yahoo! Tech
5 Ways to Help Your Kids Have a Great School Yr (Hint: Don't Help) - Adrienne Wichard-Edds, WP
Don't Just Pay for Chores, Pay for Performance - Ron Lieber, Motherlode, NYT
Taking on the Myth of the Spoiled Child - Jill Suttie, Greater Good Science Center
Learning
Your IQ Isn't Constant: It Changes Over Time - Bryan Roche, Quartz
3 Pretending to Understand What Babies Say Can Make Them Smarter - Cari Romm, The Atlantic
Toddlers Are Really Good at Probability - Adam Epstein, Quartz
4 The 10,000 Hour Rule is Not Real - Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian
How a Bigger Purpose Can Motivate Students to Learn - Ingfei Chen, Mind/Shift
5 You Can Learn Anything [Videos] - Khan Academy
Uncram: 'How We Learn' by Benedict Carey - Dan Hurley, New York Times
Education
6 The Case for Letting High School Students Sleep In - Libby Nelson, Vox
7 Report from American Academy of Pediatrics: School Starts Too Early - Jessica Lahey, The Atlantic
8 Buyer's Remorse on Common Core for Policymakers? - K. Hefling & J. Carr Smyth, Real Clear Politics
9 A Tale of Two Polls - Cory Turner, NPR Ed
Making Sense of the Ed Reform Backlash - Michael Petrilli, Flypaper
10 Education is Not 'Moneyball': Why Teachers Can't Trust Value-Add Yet - William Eger, EdWeek
11 What Charter Schools Are Getting Right - Conor P. Williams, The Daily Beast
Resources
Who Stole the Cookie? A Quick Game of Deduction - Jonathan Liu, GeekDad
8 Great Games That Will Make Your Kids Smarter - Dan Tynan, Yahoo! Tech
Back-to-School Game Playlists, by Subject, by Grade - PowerMyLearning
12 America's Top High Schools 2014 - The Daily Beast
How to Criticize with Kindness: 4 Steps to Arguing Intelligently - Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
40 Maps that Explain the Internet - Timothy B. Lee, Vox
13 The Cool Summer is Not Causing Early Fall Colors - Angela Fritz, Washington Post
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