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Helping Kids Take Criticism Constructively (Even When It Isn’t Constructive)
The New York Times: Parents and teachers spend an enormous amount of time thinking about how to frame feedback for kids. We’re torn between the desire to teach and the urge to protect children from
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Kids And Screen Time: Cutting Through The Static
NPR: The walls are lined with robots and movie posters for Star Wars and Back to the Future. But this is no 1980s nerd den. It’s the technology lab at Westside Neighborhood School in Los Angeles, and the domain of its
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Storytelling From a Three-Legged Stool
Once upon a time, I watched Dacher Keltner on the BBC series The Human Face and Lera Boroditsky on the National Geographic series Brain Games. Both segments captured the very heart of psychological science in
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How Does That Geometry Problem Make You Feel?
Slate: Human tutors—teachers who work closely with students, one on one—are unrivaled in their ability to promote deep and lasting learning. Education researchers have known this for more than 30 years, but until recently they
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Should the SAT be optional?
Quartz: Recently, several colleges and universities in the US have declared that applicants no longer need to submit their SAT or ACT scores to be considered for admission. Numerous schools have gone test optional; in fact, Bowdoin College has
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How to Motivate Students to Work Harder
The Atlantic: Over the past five years, more than $200 million has gone toward launching the new Common Core standards, with the goal of closing achievement gaps in public schools. But for all their meticulous