The most controversial articles this week explore screen addiction and the impacts of helicopter parenting on college students. 1
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The most brilliant article is by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the premier writer on race in America. "Letter to my Son" is unequalled.
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Top 10 Education Policies examined this week include
charter schools' performance, accountability iteration, and
common core's textbook problems.
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Do commencement speeches inspire you? NPR created a beautiful site to explore the best of the best. Memorize a sentence here and there from your favorites, wait faithfully for the right moment, and blow your kids away with a quote!
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Parenting
Benefits of Sports to a Child's Mind and Heart
- Patti Neighmond, npr
Preparing Our Kids for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet
- Zach Klein, Medium
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Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children
- Jane E Brody, New York Times
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When Kids of Helicopter Parents Go to College
- Julie Lythcott-Haims, Slate
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Letter to My Son
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Learning
Emotion Knowledge Fosters Attentiveness
- von Salish, Haenel, & Denham, EurekAlert
The Science of ‘Inside Out’
- Keltner & Ekman, New York Times
REM Sleep, Memory Formation, and Young Brains
- Rick Nauert, PsychCentral
How Facebook Can Help Informal Learning
- Meg Bernhard, The Chronicle
Face It, Your Brain Is a Computer
- Gary Marcus, New York Times
How the Brain Forms New Memories
- Jessica Firger, Newsweek
Education
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The Verdict on Charter Schools?
- Bruce Fuller, The Atlantic
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What Should the Next Version of Accountability Look Like?
- Alyson Klein, Education Week
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The Great Common Core Textbook Swindle
- Matt Collette, The Daily Beast
Blended learning: Great New Thing or Great New Hype?
- Phil McRae, Washington Post
The Critical Voice of Parents
- Tiffany Taber, Ed.gov
The Beautiful World of Math
- Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic
Resources
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The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever
- npr
Everything You Need to Know About Parental Controls
- Caroline Knorr, Common Sense Media
23 Tools for Students to Publish What They Learn
- TeachThought
Make Learning Spanish Fun With These Educational Games
- Dan Albright, MakeUseOf
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