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Susan Harari

What should children read? - 5 views

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    NYT op-ed on using narrative nonfiction in the classroom.
Kathleen Howard DaQuanno

Boko Haram Falls Victim to a Food Crisis It Created - The New York Times - 14 views

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    Across northeastern Nigeria and bordering Cameroon, farmers have fled, herdsmen have rerouted cattle drives, and markets have shut down.
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    Across northeastern Nigeria and bordering Cameroon, farmers have fled, herdsmen have rerouted cattle drives, and markets have shut down.
Bruce Gurnick

Internet Access is not a human right - 108 views

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    Op Ed piece for discussion
Sara Stanley

Analysis Examines Disabled Students' Suspensions - 0 views

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    According to a new analysis of Department of Education data, 13 percent of disabled students in kindergarten through 12th grade were suspended during the 2009-10 school year, compared with 7 percent of students without disabilities. Among black children with disabilities, which included those with learning difficulties, the rate was much higher: one out of every four was suspended at least once that school year.
Michele Brown

The Lively Morgue - 2 views

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    Historical photos from the New York Times.  Great for story starters or to begin a history lesson.
Stephanie Holt

Sprechen Sie Denglish? - 9 views

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    NYT blog post on English borrowings into German, and loan words more generally.
Margaret FalerSweany

What's Lost as Handwriting Fades - 52 views

  • Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information.
  • When children had drawn a letter freehand, they exhibited increased activity in three areas of the brain that are activated in adults when they read and write
  • When the children composed text by hand, they not only consistently produced more words more quickly than they did on a keyboard, but expressed more ideas.
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  • cursive writing may train self-control ability in a way that other modes of writing do not
  • For adults, typing may be a fast and efficient alternative to longhand, but that very efficiency may diminish our ability to process new information
  • students learn better when they take notes by hand than when they type on a keyboard.
  • writing by hand allows the student to process a lecture’s contents and reframe it — a process of reflection and manipulation that can lead to better understanding and memory encoding.
Tuan Nguyen

The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia - 0 views

shared by Tuan Nguyen on 27 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Sales of new homes posted their largest monthly gain in nearly eight years in June, a sign the market is bottoming as buyers respond to lower prices.
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      this is some thing i would like you to read.
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      very interesting!
BalancEd Tech

Gone With the Myths - Civil War and Slavery - 56 views

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    NY Times Op Ed piece
Holly Barlaam

The Learning Network (NY Times) - 50 views

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    Lesson plans from the New York times in many subject areas. They are really very good!
Holly Barlaam

100 Ways to Celebrate the 100th Day of School - 63 views

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    See title--ideas for all content areas from the NY Times.
Tracy Mendham

How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With--New York Times - 68 views

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    Over several days of 6 hours of sleep or less, attention and performance steadily declined among subjects in the studies. The evidence indicates that we can't get away with as little sleep as many of us think we can, without sacrificing cognitive performance and safety.
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