The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected
America’s public schools are still promoting devices with screens — even offering digital-only preschools. The rich are banning screens from class altogether.
New York Times, October 26, 2018
America’s public schools are still promoting devices with screens — even offering digital-only preschools. The rich are banning screens from class altogether.
New York Times, October 26, 2018
Homeschooling is the smartest way to teach kids in the 21st century
Business Insider, Chris Weller, 9/20/2016
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-kids-should-get-homeschooled-2016-8
Business Insider, Chris Weller, 9/20/2016
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-kids-should-get-homeschooled-2016-8
Is the female way of learning destroying boyhood?
PJ Media, accessed on 3/27/2015
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2015/03/25/is-the-female-way-of-learning-destroying-boyhood/
PJ Media, accessed on 3/27/2015
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2015/03/25/is-the-female-way-of-learning-destroying-boyhood/
Boys in Crisis
YouTube, 4:40
The data still stands just as it did almost a decade ago.
In 2006, Newsweek magazine ran a cover story saying by almost every benchmark, boys across the nation and in every demographic group are falling behind. The situation with boys continues to deteriorate in spite of the availability of simple, effective solutions. This video highlights some of the more disturbing statistics and gives context to the problem.
Immediately following Boys in Crisis is War on Boys, if you enjoyed the first one, watch this one as well.
YouTube, 4:40
The data still stands just as it did almost a decade ago.
In 2006, Newsweek magazine ran a cover story saying by almost every benchmark, boys across the nation and in every demographic group are falling behind. The situation with boys continues to deteriorate in spite of the availability of simple, effective solutions. This video highlights some of the more disturbing statistics and gives context to the problem.
- Music "Working Class Hero (2010 - Remaster)" by John Lennon
Immediately following Boys in Crisis is War on Boys, if you enjoyed the first one, watch this one as well.
When the Chips are Down
Youtube 11:51
Richard Lavorie puts forth a wonderful analogy of why it is so very important it is to build self-esteem in a child.
Youtube 11:51
Richard Lavorie puts forth a wonderful analogy of why it is so very important it is to build self-esteem in a child.
Heartfelt advice from your students.
Youtube 1:52
Published on Nov 6, 2015. Students with learning disabilities give their teachers some heartfelt advice.
Youtube 1:52
Published on Nov 6, 2015. Students with learning disabilities give their teachers some heartfelt advice.
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime.
TED Talk, 16 Minutes
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.
TED Talk, 16 Minutes
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.
The Teenage Brain: Spock Vs. Captain Kirk
AUDIO 4 Min 17 Seconds
A very nice short explanation of when the frontal lobe develops on an adolescent and what it means.
"In short, an adolescent's weakness is other adolescents. And we're not just talking about peer pressure.
The mere presence of peers makes them less cautious." NPR 03/12/15
AUDIO 4 Min 17 Seconds
A very nice short explanation of when the frontal lobe develops on an adolescent and what it means.
"In short, an adolescent's weakness is other adolescents. And we're not just talking about peer pressure.
The mere presence of peers makes them less cautious." NPR 03/12/15
The Neuroanatomical Transformation of the Teenage Brain: Jill Bolte Taylor at TEDxYouth@Indianapolis
TED Talk 16:30 "My best advice to teenagers is whatever your good at when your young that you want to do when your 20s, 30s 40s & 80s do it throughout your teenager years. The teenage years are the time to tend the garden of your mind."
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are.
TED talk, 21 Min 2 Seconds
One of the best presentations I've heard on the importance of posture.
TED talk, 21 Min 2 Seconds
One of the best presentations I've heard on the importance of posture.
