News in a Nutshell #20

Happy Friday!  I really enjoyed the latest education related news this past week or two.  Plus, I've been working on a lot of ideas for setting up and adjusting my Writer's Workshop this next school year, so I started a new Pinterest board with ideas and helpful websites and added the link below if you are also working on some WW set up!  More to come on that once I get my thoughts together.

Here we go...

15-year-old catches math error at the Museum of Science

Boston.com

What if everything you knew bout disciplining kids was wrong?

Mother Jones

Tough tests for teachers, with questions of bias

New York Times

Students' reading and math skills are still all over the map

NPR

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News in a Nutshell #19

Happy Friday!  It's been a few weeks, but here's the latest and greatest!

States that spend the most money (and the least) on education, in one map

The Washington Post

Kindergarteners ringing the bell for play inside classrooms

The New York Times

You'll never guess the city where private school is most common

Money Magazine

Nevada enacts universal school choice

National Review

Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school

Washington Post

Grading the Common Core: no teaching experience required

The New York Times

The 10 best- and worst- paying education jobs

Forbes Magazine

       

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News in a Nutshell #18

News here every Friday-Saturday...

Happy Saturday!  I'm just attempting to hold my own little school world together, let alone get a blog post up!  I went to the gym after school yesterday to struggle through an hour Zumba class (different instructor + I was exhausted), just to come home and find myself slowing losing all forms of energy and finally asleep on the sofa at 8:30.  Woke up at 2am...to move to the bed....to sleep until 8:30am.  SO.  That's how my end of the school year is going!

On to some news...

{Quality of Worklife Survey}
American Federation of Teachers/Badass Teachers Association
Um, so I read this entire thing and thought "wow either I am a super low stress person, just really love my job, or most of these people just hate theirs".
I guess...data with a grain of salt?  Do you agree?  Disagree?  Are you always stressed?  Totally burnt out?  Love your job like no other?  WHAT ARE YOU FEELING?

{Pearson loses Texas contract for standardized exams}
The Dallas Morning News

{Student reports of bullying fell in 2013}
Wall Street Journal

{Study: Far fewer new teachers are leaving the profession than previously thought}
Washington Post

       

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News in a Nutshell #17

News here every Friday-Saturday...

(ish).  Let's not set the expectations too high.  For a few weeks I was struggling to find anything worthy of sharing, and then this past week happened and suddenly I had to be choosy.

{Making time for kids?  Study says quality trumps quantity}
Washington Post

{Struggle for Smarts?  How Eastern and Western cultures tackle learning}
NPR
THIS.

{Grading teachers by the test}
New York Times

{Why kids are getting more aggressive on the playground}
Washington Post

{Schools nationwide struggle with substitute teacher shortage}
Huffington Post
Truth.

{More children eat fruit in school, study shows}
New York Times

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News in a Nutshell #16

News here every Friday-Saturday.

Lots of news this week... Llamas on the loose.  Spock died.  Is the dress blue/black or gold/white?

...none of which are educationally based, unless you count the science behind the whole dress debate in which case it works.  I hope numerous science teachers everywhere were using that viral picture as a lesson.

So... not much, however, I did manage to round up a few good ones just for you.

{How the English Language is Holding Kids Back}
The Atlantic

{5 Things Education Research Taught Us in 2014}
NPR

{Where Teachers' Brains Detect Student Confusion}
BBC

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News in a Nutshell #15 {formerly Finally Friday}

I haven't done a Finally Friday since....December.  It's not that there hasn't been educational news (hahahahahaha)...or that I haven't located any good articles (see my Twitter page...not to mention the amount of articles I email myself with the best of intentions).  I just got...behind.  Catching up on old news isn't exactly news anymore.  

But, if you're visited here often, then you've probably noticed that I'm slooooooowwwwly making changes my little teacher education corner.  Dusting the cobwebs out of the corners and just generally updating.  So in doing that I decided to resurrect the Finally Friday news (because I rather enjoy reading and sharing education news articles and it makes my inner nerd so happy) but cleverly disguise it as "News in a Nutshell" so that I can start fresh.  News here every Friday-Saturday. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy reading!  

How Spelling Keeps Kids from Learning

The Atlantic

Gold-Plated Public-School Pension Plans?  Most Teachers Never See the Cash

Forbes

Elementary School Teachers' Biases Can Discourage Girls from Math and Science

New York Times

Kids Will Eat Their Veggies if they get Recess First

Mashable

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