Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: March 15: A College Admissions Scandal, A Reading Crisis + More
March 15, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this busy week include #BookLists, #CollegeAdmissions, #Focus, #Grit, #GrowingBookworms, #GrowthMindset, #HigherEd, #Introversion, #KidLitCon, #Literacy, #Mindfulness, #ScreenTime, #Testing, #WorldBookDay, grading, libraries, parenting, reading, and schools.
Top Tweets of the Week
We Have a National #Reading Crisis in #Schools - @JaredMyracle, @edukings + @robin_mcclellan @EdweekComm ow.ly/afIb30nYYfL | #literacy work is a both/and re: #phonics + sharing rich texts w/ kids
THIS! Celebrating One Year of The #ReadingLevels Image | @devpetty ow.ly/J6dC30o37sP | Parents should focus on kids' #LoveOfReading + #ReadingChoice, not on #reading as a competition. [This one was added too late to have received a lot of responses yet, but I WANT everyone to read it.]
Book Lists + Awards
Three on a Theme from @literacious | #PictureBooks about Female Architects ow.ly/3z7Z30nYD0Q | #WomensHistoryMonth #STEM
8 #PictureBooks to Celebrate #PiDay, #BookList from @literacious ow.ly/7Ai630o37c4 #STEM #Math
#InternationalWomensDay: #PictureBooks About 99 Real-Life Mighty Girls & Women | #BookList from @amightygirl https://t.co/Ldrt5twKnk
A particularly fun #BookList today from @momandkiddo | Top Secret! Spy Books for Kids, fiction + nonfiction ow.ly/Kw4z30nYY3F #kidlit #spies
Another fun #BookList from @momandkiddo | Books Like #ArtemisFowl: Heists, Thrilling Missions and Spies! ow.ly/pfxo30o1eHZ | #MiddleGrade #Fiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Mysteries
Press Release Fun @FuseEight | The 2019 #Mathical Book Prize Winners Announced! — I love these awards that celebrate #Math in #kidlit ow.ly/cNtK30nYCcq #STEM
Events, Programs + Research
#KidLitCon is coming up! Bring your current ARCs to swap! Bring spare tote bags! Bring books to donate to a good cause! ow.ly/DBfG30o1eQv | @charlotteslib @BooksAreWings
Author/illustrator book sale and signing event open to the public both evenings of #Kidlitcon (4-6pm, 3/ 22 + 23) – Providence, RI ow.ly/A66w30o1riD #kidlit
Happy 60th Birthday to #Barbie. She looks pretty good for her age: ow.ly/eys230nYY2c #PopCulture
Research scholars to air problems with using #grit at #schools - @jillbarshay @hechingerreport ow.ly/XvCK30o1gLT | Author shares responses from @angeladuckw to #GritSkepticism
Objections to @joboaler's Take on #Neuroscience + #Math #Education from @DTWillingham + @NumCog ow.ly/t0y030o2gMz #STEM #learning #disabilities
Growing Bookworms
Set the children free – show them the joy of #reading for reading’s sake | @LolaOkolosie @guardian via @tashrow ow.ly/vBxi30nYCQG #WorldBookDay #ReadingForPleasure #GrowingBookworms
Parents urged to keep #reading to children "well into their teens" - @Xpose via @tashrow ow.ly/C8NH30nYCGF | #ReadAloud #GrowingBookworms #parenting @UKLaureate
How to #ReadAloud to a Child That Won’t Sit Still | @EverydayReading @ReadBrightly ow.ly/Dyrb30o2I3s #parenting #GrowingBookworms
How #Reading Easy Books (Some of the Time) Benefits Your Child | Good points from @ImaginationSoup via @TheReadingTub ow.ly/TPH130o1cdv #ReadingFluency #LoveOfBooks #GrowingBookworms
Higher Ed
This is insane: Federal Prosecutors Charge Dozens of Wealthy Parents in #CollegeAdmissions Cheating Scheme - @melissakorn @WSJ ow.ly/JNas30o1drN | Faking recruited athletes + cheating on tests just to get into certain schools. Sigh. #HigherEd
One Reason Rural Students Don't Go To #College: Colleges Don't Go To Them | @aarondgettinger @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/iCgV30nZnNU | #HigherEd #CollegeRecruiting
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Introverts Unite! (separately) – @KMcCaughrain @AwfullyBigBlog "The entire world is designed for noisy coffee lovers, why can’t we keep this one little bit of it (the library) quiet? ow.ly/5RJf30o0skN | #introversion
Schools and Libraries
Four #Grading Practices That Discourage #GrowthMindset ow.ly/TQm430nYCj4 | @WeinsteinEdu @BehaviorFlip via @drdouggreen #teaching #SEL
‘If all of that #testing had been improving us, we would have been the highest-achieving nation in the world.' Here’s what does work in #SchoolReform | @valeriestrauss quotes @LDH_ed https://t.co/5eKYhbrYBs
Movement And Breathing Breaks Help Students Stay Focused On #Learning | @Kschwart @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/5gOc30nZnGj | #Mindfulness #ChildDevelopment
A depressing report: 'It's dangerous': full chaos of #SchoolFunding cuts in England's revealed by@guardian investigation ow.ly/VK1830nYYaX | #Schools #Education @sweale + @RichardA
Screen Time, Parenting + Play
Is Your Child An Orchid Or A Dandelion? Unlocking The Science Of Sensitive Kids | @MindShiftKQED interviews author Thomas Boyce about a book that I found fascinating ow.ly/Vmd730nZnJ9 #ChildDevelopment
Smartphone Addicts’ New Tactic to Break Their Habit: Buy a Second Phone - @bysarahkrouse @WSJ ow.ly/cYiM30o1diK | Personally I found it easier to delete #SocialMedia + other apps from my regular phone, but this was interesting | #Focus #ScreenTime
What I Gave My Kid Instead of a Smartphone – Some excellent advice in this piece about kids + technology by @IWorryAboutYou @Medium via @momandkiddo ow.ly/LFca30o1d4G | #ScreenTime #parenting
How Does Generation Z Read? (+ how does that affect #libraries) | Kelly Jensen @BookRiot talks w/ @JUVConsulting ow.ly/Gqn230nYCvc | #Reading #GenZ #ScreenTime
A timely reminder from @HonorsGradU that sometimes we need to tolerate the messy in favor of allowing #learning opportunities | #TeacherMom #parenting https://t.co/kcA39Q37fn
Raising a Nonstarving Artist - guest post from @drdouggreen @mssackstein ow.ly/q3bR30o37hc #ArtSchool #GrowthMindset #creativity
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