Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 28: #ReadingComprehension, #Grit, #FreePlay, #ScreenTime, #Grades
September 28, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #AchievementGap, #AgeDiscrimination, #BookAccess, #CharterSchools, #CollaborativeLearning, #Cybils, #DownSyndrome, #EarlyChildhoodEducation, #EdPolicy, #GenderDiversity, #Grit, #JoyOfReading, #play, #ReadAloud, #ReadingChoice, #SchoolFunding, #SchoolLibrarians, #ScreenTime, parenting, publishing, reading, schools, and testing.
Top Tweets of the Week
How My #SchoolLibrarians Saw Something in Me My Own Parents Didn’t by @kellyyanghk @Scholastic ow.ly/2jZO30lZnMM | "I am living, walking proof in the power of #libraries and #librarians to change lives."
#ReadingComprehension is a long and wide game. "Fact is children don’t get better at #reading and understanding by doing lots of comprehension tests... Our #curriculum needs to fill the gaps not create bigger chasms." | @smithsmmhttps://t.co/I4KlcOKhNJ
Cybils
A reminder from @RobertaGibson: #Cybils 2018: Accepting Children’s Book Nominations Soon (10/1) >ow.ly/jj6E30lZnXz #kidlit #YA #nonfiction #poetry #GraphicNovels #PictureBooks #BoardBooks #SpeculativeFiction
Diversity
A Few Thoughts on Ageism in #YA #Publishing from @marypearson via @CynLeitichSmith ow.ly/vnf730lVbeF | #diversity #stereotypes #discrimination
Analysis of UK bestsellers (before vs. after 2012) suggests kids' bookshelves are on a lean towards more male leads / stronger male roles ow.ly/guNp30lXdTQ via @BookChook | #GenderDiversity #kidlit #publishing
#DownSyndrome and the Great Gaping (Longstanding) Children’s Book Gap — @FuseEight ow.ly/nvZY30lZo2w | #PictureBooks #kidlit #DiverseBooks
Events, Programs + Research
#Grit is an example of redundant labelling in #PersonalityPsychology, claims paper. Grit, espec. its perseverance facet, taps into the pro-active aspects of #Conscientiousness to do w/ being industrious + achievement focused @Psych_Writer @ResearchDigesthttps://t.co/sHEB8lz53o
Growing Bookworms
Why Kids Need the Freedom to Choose the Books They Read | An impassioned defense from @allisonvarnes of giving kids #ReadingChoice + #ReadingJoy @ReadBrightly https://t.co/B2MxzMFzgf
A 2-Pronged Approach for Encouraging Kids to Read: #BookOwnership + Creating Enjoyable Memories, demonstrated by @RobertaGibson using Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett ow.ly/NalF30lZo7e | #JoyOfReading [SUCH a great book!]
What #teachers can do when kids proclaim their identities as #NonReaders | @pernilleripp "treating their refusal as the gift that it is; a view into the minds of a child who feels like the act of #reading is not something that is safe for them"https://t.co/cFNBmBESDj
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
This Is What a Great Book Does to Your Brain | #Reading lights up your brain like a Christmas tree ow.ly/b1Ip30lY5Uj @EntryLevelRebel @Inc | #neuroscience @MaryanneWolf_ #empathy
Sad: Central TX Survey by @bookspringatx finds 50 percent of parents don't #ReadAloud to their child every day + nearly 60% of families have fewer than 20 books in the home ow.ly/kwum30lVbz8 via @tashrow #readinghabits #parenting #BookAccess
RT @DrMaryHoward: Remarkable rebuttal to the sham post on the “science” of reading. Please please please retweet this to everyone. @Ila #ILAchat I hope that you will share this post to all of your followers. TY for sharing @ssvincent #G2Great #LitEssentialshttps://t.co/G9Tk70n17I
Parenting + Play
Some days you just have to shake your head: Canadian Day Care Center Tells Parents They Must Give Their Kids Helmets for Recess - @letitgrow_org @FreeRangeKids ow.ly/snqX30lXcTF | #OutdoorPlay #FreeRangeKids #parenting
Kids are starting a revolution to get their parents to put down their #phones says @jandersonQZ + @JillPetz @qz ow.ly/xd2w30lW26a | I know my daughter pushes us about this | #PhoneAddiction #ScreenTime #Parenting
#Teaching While #Parenting: On a Play-based Redefinition of #Kindergarten Readiness @JSerravallo @Medium ow.ly/2WnJ30lW2my #EarlyChildhoodEducation @ErikaChristakis #PurposefulPlay #Play
Why It's Okay to Throw Your Children's #Art Away - Mary Townsend @objectsobjects @TheAtlantic via @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/dMMO30lW2e8 | #Parenting #Decluttering #EarlyChildhood
How instant access to #grades and other data is contributing to #HelicopterParenting - Amanda Parrish Morgan @onparenting ow.ly/VzSf30lY6qK #parenting #schools
RT @CarlyKingND: At least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, 9-11 hours of sleep & no more than 2 hrs a day of recreational screen time associated with higher mental test scores in children (via @NYTimesWell) https://t.co/rUNXuahtjC
Schools andLibraries
Working in a group might be the best way to help kids meet individual goals, study says, and led to higher #grades for black students @jillbarshay @hechingerreport ow.ly/NGsx30lXdDI #CollaborativeLearning #schools
Study Finds #AskingQuestions Leads To More Second Dates – Perfect Research To Promote The Art Of…Asking Questions | @Larryferlazzo https://t.co/bNw39uZbEr
#PersonalizedLearning : The Difference between a Policy and a Strategy | "The fundamental question that must be asked of “personalized #learning” is: toward what ends?"@CubanLarry via @Larryferlazzo ow.ly/fo5u30lZRA2 #teaching #EdTech
Schools: EdPolicy + Funding
Reflections on the Legacy of Bush-Obama #SchoolReform: Why did initially promising, seemingly popular efforts at federal leadership lose their luster? @rickhess99 + @MQ_McShane @EducationNext ow.ly/GcmP30lY7vE #EdPolicy #ESSA #NCLB #CommonCore
#School Days Start + End Too Early says @jpinsk @TheAtlantic (#teens don't get enough sleep, #parents are working). The "obstacles to changing it usually fall under three general categories: sports, buses, and funding"https://t.co/V1K6u8YI6y
Summary from @CALmatters of recently released compilation of studies on CA #education ow.ly/X1n930lWDKW | Verdict still out on #LCCF (but other funding issues threaten success), CA needs much more spending to close "achievement gap"
How Does #CharterSchool Expansion Affect #SchoolDistrict Finances + #Student Achievement? Evidence from MA "higher charter attendance increased per-pupil expenditures in district #schools and shifted ... expenditures towards instruction" @EducationNexthttps://t.co/RpGluKmoj9
Will Bezos Heed Other #Education #Philanthropy Mistakes? | @laurenonthehill @usnews via @Larryferlazzo ow.ly/y41m30lVDac #Preschool #Montessori #EarlyChildhoodEducation
The problem with Jeff Bezos’s $2 billion gift to charity. "Interventions in #EarlyChildhoodEducation have a troubled track record; it’s not clear what works, and some interventions may cause harm" - Kelsey Piper @voxdotcom via @Larryferlazzohttps://t.co/9q2oiUkRAV
France Bans #Smartphones in #Schools Through 9th Grade Starting 9/1. Will It Help Students? - @ElianPeltier @Alissanyt @nytimes ow.ly/4TSU30lVgax #ScreenTime #education
5 Things to Know About the #Education Funding Compromise Moving Through Congress | @cphenicie @The74 ow.ly/ejnO30lVaEj | #CharterSchools #PoliticsK12 #Schools #EdPolicy
America’s #AchievementGap — Made, Not Born? What a Study of 30,000 Students Reveals About Lowered Expectations and Poorer-Quality Instruction for Kids of Color | @cantorrac @The74 ow.ly/z2EE30lZS7B #Education
Testing
Thoughts on #testing from @palan57 @Forbes | ow.ly/W93j30lVfN2 "After 20 years, folks are starting to figure out that #teachers were actually correct. The #BigStandardizedTest is not helping, not working, and not measuring what it claims to measure."
Want to boost #TestScores and increase #GraduationRates? One strategy: look outside of #schools by helping low-income families | @matt_barnum @Chalkbeat https://t.co/qp3WMbI9pK
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