Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: May 3: Improving via #Literacy First, Celebrating #ChildrensBookWeek + Assessing #CommonCore
May 03, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookLists, #ChildrensBookWeek, #CommonCore, #EisnerAward, #GenderEquity, #GrowingBookworms, #NAEP, #reading, #ScreenFreeWeek, #SmartPhones, #STEM, #teaching, #testing, libraries, parenting, and publishing.
Top Tweet of the Week
How a #literacy first program revived an elementary school in a poor #SchoolDistrict ow.ly/an3g30ozgNw @edutopia via @MindShiftKQED #reading #HighExpectations
Book Lists + Awards
The 2019 #EisnerAward Nominees have been announced. @tashrow shares the #kidlit + #YA titles ow.ly/ujpM30oAU3Z #GraphicNovels #BookAwards
12 Extra-Exciting Action-Adventure Books with Girls at the Center | @ivamarie @ReadBrightly ow.ly/cf5g30oBLdu #BookList #kidlit
May #ReadAloud Books that Aren't about Spring! #PictureBook + #ChapterBook recommendations from @momandkiddo ow.ly/nrtI30ozErq |#BookList
Booklist’s 50 Best Middle-Grade Novels of the 21st Century, with Ample Edits suggested by @fuseeight ow.ly/50Ix30oyGI3 #kidlit #BookList @ALA_Booklist
Diversity + Gender
Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got ‘Greedy.’ In highly educated couples, the man is often on call at work while the woman chooses 'call' at home w/ kids -> pay gap @clairecm @nytimes ow.ly/PP3P30oyHAu | #GenderEquity
Events, Programs + Research
2019 marks the 100th anniversary of #ChildrensBookWeek (not coincidentally #ScreenFreeWeek) ow.ly/PJeb30oAwDA @EveryChildRead #LoveOfBooks [Poster designed by Yuyi Morales.]
Information for 2019 Global Read Aloud #GRA19 starting this fall, including titles, schedules + #SocialMedia links – @pernilleripp ow.ly/fHUV30oC9A1 #ReadAloud #literacy
Today is #IndependentBookstore Day ow.ly/WW6930oyHHr | @librofm is giving away free #audiobooks to celebrate + sharing reasons why local #bookstores make a difference | #reading
Why Memorizing Stuff Can Be Good For You by @natwexler @Forbes ow.ly/5oEF30oBFYO | "the more factual knowledge people have about a topic, the better they can think about it critically and analytically."
Brain Wars: Classical Education vs. #BrainScience – @MarlaSzwast discusses underlying principles + how they apply to skills like memorization ow.ly/OhLn30oC6tS | #Homeschooling #Learning
Growing Bookworms
I wish that every parent + teacher would read this important post: How Misuse of the #40BookChallenge Made My Kid Hate Reading and Why (& How) I Pushed Back — @TLT16 ow.ly/qM0D30ozF19
#Teachers Are in Charge of Reading Celebrations says @TammyBMulligan, suggesting ways for students to experience FUN as #readers https://t.co/NCd3bXGTAZ
6 Awesome Benefits of #ReadingAloud to Your Kids from @icsfblog via @drdouggreen ow.ly/aC8330oC8V8 | Bonding, learning + more
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
So You’re in a #ReadingSlump, Now What? – @pernilleripp shares her tips ow.ly/AtzX30oAUYG #JoyOfReading
RT @NYTimesBooks: Amélie Wen Zhao canceled publication of her young adult novel, “Blood Heir,” because of online criticism. Then she decided the critics were wrong. https://t.co/OwsXAo5z5a
How One #IndependentBookstore Succeeds in the Amazon Age - Susan Kitchens @WSJ ow.ly/p3iL30ozSpE | #SmallBusiness #bookstores
Students Fall for Misinformation Online. Is #Teaching Them to Read Like Fact Checkers the Solution? - @becksup @chronicle via @DTWillingham ow.ly/2qlM30oC9fK #FakeNews #FactChecking
Parenting + Play
I Raised Two CEOs and a Doctor. These Are My Secrets to #Parenting Successful Children @EstherWojcicki @TIME ow.ly/ySOG30ozFvN | independence, kindness + more
Schools and Libraries
Why It's Important To Say There Is No #TeacherShortage. Takes our eyes off the real problem = #teaching has become unattractive as a profession, says @palan57 ow.ly/yAGs30oAVuN
You Might Be Surprised Which States Prioritize Higher Teacher Salaries - @MichaelPetrilli @EducationNext ow.ly/MaYb30oyGRV | Interesting data on ratios of #teacher pay to per-pupil spending by state
How can #teachers release responsibility to kids in the classroom, so that they become more independent? Ideas from @millerread @ChoiceLiteracy including #wordless #PictureBooks for pre-readers ow.ly/EUWR30oyGlC
How to make #HighSchools better for #students - @jal_mehta + @sarahmfine @latimes ow.ly/3bBT30oyHVE | kids need opportunity to do meaningful work under competent supervision | #learning #schools #IntrinsicMotivation
Private #Libraries That Inspire | @KatyMcL @WSJ | These are truly gorgeous! https://t.co/2yvnxwrMVD
STEM
16 Wonderful Women Scientists to Inspire Your Students - @WeAreTeachers via @drdouggreen ow.ly/YRwD30ozgRu #STEM #science #GenderRoles
ScreenTime
Putting Down Your Phone May Help You Live Longer | author @Catherine_Price @nytimes describes effect of #smartphones on cortisol levels (stress hormone), suggests ways to break the cycle https://t.co/HNwnPPIBlY
Testing + Standards
Nearly a decade later, did #CommonCore work? One recent study found it appears "to have led to modest declines in 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade #math scores ow.ly/yYvf30oATF0 @matt_barnum @Chalkbeat
#MiddleSchoolers Are Doing Better on a Key Tech and Engineering #NAEP Test — Thanks to the Girls | @The74 @cphenicie ow.ly/Eutx30oATSJ #STEM
Instead of Standardized #Testing, Consider #PortfolioAssessment suggests @mssackstein @EdWeekTeacher ow.ly/jZ9X30ozEd8 | allow #students to gather evidence of #learning over time
True #Testing Stories; Bias, Boredom, and Futures in the Balance. @dirktillotson: Test scores matter + reducing #AchievementGaps would do massive good for Black, Brown + disadvantaged folks https://t.co/zGj6MKVudA
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