“Fifteen-year-old students whose parents often read books with them during their first year of primary school show markedly higher scores in PISA 2009 than students whose parents read with them infrequently or not at all. The performance advantage among students whose parents read to them in their early school years is evident regardless of the family’s socioeconomic background. Parents’ engagement with their 15-year-olds is strongly associated with better performance in PISA.”
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Flat Classroom Project - 1 views
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The Flat Classroom Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman. One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning.
How About Better Parents? - NYTimes.com - 97 views
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I'm sure something we all already all knew...but it's nice when someone else acknowledges it.
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Thomas Friedman commenting on new PISA study that shows parental involvement in early years impacts student performance.
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A great article about the power of great parenting!
Need a Job? Invent It - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Thomas Friedman's NY Times article - interview w/ Tony Wagner on need to be prepare students to be innovation ready.
At Risk of Losing Our Creativity - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 6 views
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In the World is Flat by Thomas Friedman he said, "Those who are waiting for this recession to end so someone can again hand them work could have a long wait." In the book Out of Our Minds by Sir Ken Robinson, he writes, "Rebuilding the communities that have been left bereft by the recession will depend on imagination, creativity and innovation."
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Essay on how to not lose sight of the importance of creativity in the classroom--in spite of the current emphasis on testing.
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