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National geographic Article from 2011 on Teenage brains

"The researchers calculated how much of the variation in MCAS scores was due to the school that students attended. For MCAS scores in English, schools accounted for 24 percent of the variation, and they accounted for 34 percent of the math MCAS variation. However, the schools accounted for very little of the variation in fluid cognitive skills - less than 3 percent for all three skills combined."

Why don't kids like school? Chapter 2

Why don't students like school?

This seems pretty helpful, almost a summary of the big take-away points from the book :)

I liked the point in chapter 2 that while we all want to encourage deeper thinking, that's not possible without knowing the facts. I've been pondering what are the best ways to encourage deeper thinking WHILE learning the necessary facts. This page has a lot of good ideas within.

This was a fun little blog about the differences between crosswords and Sudoku puzzles. I found it fascinating that there's such a universal love for Sudoku but a hatred for math.

ProCon.org is a really cool site that lays out the pros and cons of tons of issues. It's great for any kind of discussion, and the standardized testing page doesn't disappoint.

ProCon.org is a really cool site that lays out the pros and cons of tons of issues. It's great for any kind of discussion, and the standardized testing page doesn't disappoint.

Just another resource for teachers out there... welcome to Reddit.