Entries for January 2010

In an interview with NPR about his new book, The Hidden Brain, science writer Shankar Vedantam explains that humans have two modes, "pilot" and "autop...

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Relatively small improvements in the skills of a nation’s workforce can have a big effect on its future economic well-being, concludes a new internati...

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Debra Viadero writes for Education Week that, "A new study suggests... teachers' unspoken fears have a serious downside in the classroom. Female teach...

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In this detailed article, Mary Ann Zehr reports for Education Week that educators in California's Chula Vista Elementary School District have used "re...

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Op-Ed Columnist, Bob Herbert, writes for The New York Times that, "The American Federation of Teachers should follow its president's recommendation to...

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A must read (or listen) story from NPR summarizes new research showing that intensive reading programs can produce measurable changes in the structure...

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Al Sharpton writes in his column for The Washington Post that today's young Americans need better heros and role models, and that we all need to start...

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The South has become the first region in the country where more than half of public school students are poor and more than half are members of minorit...

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In her blog for The Wall Street Journal, Sue Shellenbarger writes about the issue of helping kids with homework, and whether or not parents should ste...

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