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great post on school librarianship

Last year, more than two million prescriptions for Ritalin and other ADHD drugs were written specifically for children under 17, and at least 75 per cent of them were for young males (Canadian data). Part 3 of a 6-part series.

Break free from a fixed mindset and open the world for your students! http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Success-Carol-Dweck/dp/1400062756

Technology doesn't fix the problem, teachers do.

Article about public education and its role in fixing our economy through the teaching of entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity. 

David Pogue added some other entries to the email charter. Very good tips to add onto the original 10 set up by Chris Anderson.

Apple's Snow Leopard update brought a lot of fresh new changes to the OS X operating system, but it is now getting a little old in the tooth. A great way to fix this is to customize Mac 10.6 to give it a whole new look. Here's how to do it.

"Competency-based education programs challenge traditional data management approaches across the academic institution because they defy conventional notions of time in relation to fixed-length terms, synchronous delivery, and student-faculty interactions."

Succinct, informative article by James Harbeck summarising six efforts to change English spelling. Range from the classicists of the Renaissance to the Chicago Tribune. Includes successful and unsuccesful changes, and traces several words back and forth.

What do we need to do to fix our grading system?

by Libby Nelson on July 14, 2014

"When I observe teachers, I see one small, specific problem more often than anything else. If they fixed it, they would notice an instant difference in how well their classes go." - check out the solution

Fixed mindset vs Growth Mindset. A reflection on how it affects education. (with a little homage to 'Coach Carter')

"A major research publication recently released in the journal "Psychological Science" has called into question the notion of mindsets in academic achievement outcomes. The theory holds that individuals with growth mindsets (beliefs that attributes are malleable with effort) enjoy many positive outcomes-including higher academic achievement-while their peers who have fixed mindsets experience negative outcomes."

Sometimes, it seems the class you are teaching is more than you can cope with. The truth is all teachers face times like this. The sad part is that many good teachers decide that the best move for them in these times is to leave the profession; a trend we need to fix. 

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"A lot of schools have jumped on buzz words such as metacognition, mindfulness, mindset etc. There is obviously great merit in all these strategies, however as Carol Dweck has emphasised, in a lot of cases these methods are not always understood by school leaders leading to them not being integrated effectively and sustained. These theories are not fads but in many schools, they don't give these methods the planning, time and evaluation that is required for success of any strategies that will benefit learning. Schools are looking for a quick fix and so latch on to 'new, exciting and popular theories'."