Are we expecting too much of our kids, or not enough? Give it some thought this week. 1 2 3 4 Have you heard of Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow? Parents should know about him and his discoveries on humans’ bias to overconfidence. Really, read this one! 5 Heard of Nicholas Christakis’ work on the impacts of our social networks? His article this week is a pitch to college freshman. He explains the informal learning of “peer effects” and describes the critical window for forming friendships. You will get smarter. 6 It’s inevitable that one day your kid will ask why auctioneers talk like they do. Inevitable. Whatchagonnasay Nowhowyagonnatopper? 7
Parenting
1 Today's Exhausted Superkids - Frank Bruni, New York Times
2 Why the Lazy Days of Summer Shouldn’t Be Quite So Lazy - Randye Hoder, Grown and Flown
3 Is It a Mistake to Tell Kids, "You Can Be Anything" - Leslie Garrett, Aeon
4 Are You Holding Your Own Daughter Back? 5 Ways to Raise Girls to Be Leaders - Amy Joyce, WP
Parents Know Hovering Doesn’t Help Kids Succeed. So Why Is It Hard to Stop? - KJ Dell'Antonia, NYT
How Well You Learn to Share in Kindergarten Is a Good Predictor of Later Success - Emma Brown, WP
Were We Wrong About the Link Between Birth Order and Personality? - Carolyn Gregoire, Huff Post
Learning
5 Daniel Kahneman: If I Had a Magic Wand I'd Eliminate Overconfidence - D. Shariatmadari, Guardian
6 For Freshman, An Informal Curriculum in Making Friends in New Places - Nicholas Christakis, NYT
Why It’s Easy to Forget the Several Things You Tried to Remember at Once - C. Benderev, Mind/Shift
Inadequate Hydration Can Impair Cognitive, Emotional Function - K. Feldscher, Harvard Gazette
Don’t Underestimate the Simple Power of Writing Down Your Goals - Melissa Dahl, Science of Us
Education
Why Civil Rights Groups Want Standardized Testing - Libby Nelson, Vox
How the Big New Education Law Could Cut Testing Time - Anya Kamenetz, Mind/Shift
The Rise and Demise of the Much-Loathed SAT - Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post
Testing, Testing - Linda Darling-Hammond, TEDxStanford
The New Frontier for Advanced Placement: Online AP Lessons, for Free - Nick Anderson, Wash Post
The New AP U.S. History Framework Is Scrupulously Fair-Minded - Rick Hess & Max Eden, Nat'l Review
The GOP Is Wrong to Run Away from Common Core - William J. Bennett, The Seventy Four
Do Students Need Grit & Growth Mindsets in the Classroom? - Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Atlantic
Our Parent Checklist Empowers Families to Support Kids' School Success - U.S. Dep't of Education
Resources
Math Hacks to Give You an Edge in Monopoly - Hannah Keyser, Mental Floss
7 Why Auctioneers Talk Fast, Explained by the World Champ - Phil Edwards, Vox
What's the Difference Between Hispanic, Latino & Spanish (video) - Larry Ferlazzo's Blog
Warren Buckleitner Curates a Starter Set of Apps - School Library Journal
Richard Rende's New Book for Parents with Lessons from Entrepreneurs - L. Italie, Yahoo! News
Teacher Recommended: 50 Favorite Classroom Apps - Katrina Schwartz, Mind/Shift
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