Last week the University of Rochester announced a very interesting update to the famous “Marshmallow Study”. In the original study, children were put in aRead More
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A new study out of the University of Chicago tracks “math anxiety” in early elementary students. Interestingly, they found that because anxiety most notably affectsRead More
Here‘s a neat opinion piece from The NYTimes about a new way to recruit K-12 teachers. While the “how” is a bit vague, I couldn’tRead More
Here I post my latest education-related observations and interests. Have a news article or a book you think I should hear about? Drop me aRead More
Thanks to myriad online resources such as Khan Academy and ever-simpler ways to digitize everything, classroom teachers are increasingly able to integrate technology into theirRead More
Spring is winding down and I’m starting to get requests for summer work, particularly test prep. This is a great season to start looking intoRead More