“the saddest and most ironic practice in schools is how hard we try to measure how students are doing and how rarely we ever ask them.” | Jesse Stommel

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“There’s a rich scientific literature demonstrating that learning, memory and attention all take a hit from cannabis intoxication.”

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“… pushing school start times back to 8:30 a.m. or later…that this could contribute up to around $83 billion to the U.S. economy over a decade span. Fatal car crashes involving sleep-deprived teens would go down. Car crashes are the biggest killer of U.S. teenagers.”

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“…children as young as 3 years of age are able to use reputational cues to guide their behavior, and that telling young children they have a positive reputation for being smart can have negative consequences.”

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“A lot of parents are worried about helping their children get ahead in a world that feels increasingly competitive, demanding, and high-stakes. “

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