Links+to+News+Articles

Cognitive neuroscience in the news. We'll talk about that. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/health/research/21brain.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/education/20cncschools.html?ref=education In case anyone wants to put Privatization and Law into dialogue...an interesting problem in Chicago Public Schools. Enjoy!

Who says teachers aren't motivated by money? And who says teachers should freely exchange ideas? There's money to be made! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/education/15plans.html

Boston Globe article about teachers visiting students' homes in order to get to know the families and better support students. Be sure to read the comments posted by readers. They are completely outrageous and derived from ignorance. []

Good article in the last Weekend Edition of the WSJ related to free speech and censorship; relates to last week's Ethics class discussion. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204574469111623490506.html

[|National math scores are sluggish] Article in October 15th NY Times about national math score results.

[|Best antidote to poverty? Good teaching!] Nicholas Kristof says that by putting good teachers in the classroom the performance gap and the poverty gap can be bridged. In Thursday's NY TImes.

[|A moral question: Zero-tolerance policies on weapons in schools] A 6-year-old boy was suspended for bringing his Cub Scout multi-utensil (fork, spoon, knife) to school because he was really excited to use it. He faced a disciplinary hearing in which his karate instructor and mother's fiancé served as his character witnesses.

[|Eight Year Study.org] Here is a useful link to the 8 year study we read about in Ethics class. It is interesting to read the text of the study, if only to "cycle the waves back onto the beach" as Professor Sobel said in class.

http://www.boston.com/news/ local/massachusetts/articles/ 2009/09/04/a_library_without_ the_books - a blog post about the same topic: [] (written by one of Megan's friends) - these types of issues have definite implications for us as educators/administrators
 * interesting article about Cushing Academy (Eric emailed this out last week)

Here is an interesting NY Times article about teacher evaluations in NYC public schools. Interesting ethical questions posed?? []

A Globe article in the paper today on [|children and critical thinking.] Somewhat relevant to our discussions in class yesterday morning. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/09/15/critical_thinking_you_need_knowledge/
 * Author is Diane Ravitch, who authored the piece on NYC schools that we'll be reading for Pearl's next class.

Here is an interesting [|critique of that article and her thinking], from a blog Teach Paperless. (from Emily)

A quick read from TIME entitled "What College Students Don't Know." It doesn't hit on anything from Tony Wagner, but mentions an interesting video that I also attached below. If you haven't seen the video, "Did You Know," it's worth a watch. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1921587,00.html VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
 * Karl Fisch helped create this video - he's a teacher and the Director of Technology at a school in Colorado and has some very interesting posts on his blog: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/

Perhaps this bill will be part of Professor Kane's first assignment next fall? http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-09-23-duncan-education-reform_N.htm -Jamie

Interesting article about the teaching of ethics at Harvard (and online/worldwide)... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/arts/television/26sandel.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=justice%20harvard&st=cse

And one for next week's Privatization class on homeschooling from WSJ... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125374569191035579.html

Interesting article in NYT Magazine's School Issue-- discusses whether play at an early age can help children with self-control. Nice link to the reading for Mattingly about the connections between self-discipline and school achievement. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27tools-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine