“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

Link: http://bit.ly/2lU89dx

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

Link: http://bit.ly/2wWqEhU

“… 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.”

Link: http://n.pr/2jGzrTD

“…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.”

Link: http://bit.ly/2xjQjV9

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

Link: http://bit.ly/2fv86zd

“Don’t tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort-not on intelligence or ability-is key to success in school and in life”

Link: http://bit.ly/2xOjP6D

“The most important things to look for is how the adults interact with children. You want to see them engage with children in a way that is positive, nurturing and genuinely curious.”

Link: http://bit.ly/2xhrc5p

“Back in 2001, the Atlantic’s September issue featured a big story… about the way elite-college admissions had been transformed, and warped, through the Faustian bargain of the “early decision” system.”

Link: http://theatln.tc/2jFsxy0

“…normalizing over-parenting can lead young adults to experience an “existential impotence.” They end up feeling incapable of handling life’s challenges on their own.”

Link: http://bit.ly/2w591wx

“teachers say discussion-based English seminars allow for sensitive conversations by proxy… fiction allows them a touchstone to get into that conversation.”

Link: http://politi.co/2xkFwtP