tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60374442913247497502024-03-05T08:34:35.400-08:00newsisharticles and commentary to think about and pass aroundbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-66519414309246106532013-08-12T18:44:00.001-07:002013-08-12T18:44:06.378-07:00Union-busting in Michigan<a href="http://www.networkforpubliceducation.org/news/michigan-republicans-lets-privatize-public-school-teaching-mother-jones/">Michigan Republicans: Let's Privatize Public School Teaching</a><br />
Mother Jones<br />
Sept. 1, 2011<br />
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Old news but a reminder that it's out there.bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-57876605904231924922013-08-07T20:36:00.000-07:002013-08-07T20:36:00.175-07:00Soccer Moms and other sport parents<a href="http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/more-family-fun/201202/what-makes-nightmare-sports-parent">What Makes a Nightmare Sports Parent—and What Makes a Great One</a><br />
The Post Game<br />
Feb. 15, 2012<br />
"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">College athletes were asked what their parents said that made them feel great, that amplified their joy during and after a ballgame.</span><br />
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Their overwhelming response: "I love to watch you play.""</div>
bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-44736045414373680662013-08-05T19:34:00.000-07:002013-08-05T19:34:34.402-07:00How to get your kids talking<a href="http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/communication/family-discussions">Conversation starters from Dr. Laura Markham</a><br />
Aha Parenting!<br />
Aug. 8, 2013bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-33543860738756194662013-08-05T08:16:00.000-07:002013-08-05T08:16:00.297-07:00Changing nutrition and marketing is difficult, Obama finds<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/20/nation/la-na-michelle-food-20130712">Michelle Obama's nutrition campaign comes with political pitfalls</a><br />
LA Times<br />
July 20, 2013<br />
"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">But when food and media companies — including many that supported her anti-obesity campaign — mounted a fierce lobbying battle against the [new] guidelines in 2011, the first lady went silent. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">It wasn't until earlier this year, after the guidelines had been blocked, that Obama resumed her call for more responsible food marketing."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">In 2009, Congress approved a Harkin-sponsored measure to set up an interagency working group to write voluntary nutrition standards for products advertised to children."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">You know....in Scandinavia no advertising is allowed to be targeted to children aged 7 or under. I would have to think that would help, here. Not that it's even imaginable in our corporation-happy culture here....</span><br />
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bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-28470472788681003382013-08-04T08:23:00.000-07:002013-08-04T08:23:00.679-07:00Bee theory going back to pesticide problems<a href="http://qz.com/107970/scientists-discover-whats-killing-the-bees-and-its-worse-than-you-thought/">Scientists discover what's killing bees, and it's worse than you thought.</a><br />
Quartz<br />
July 24, 2013<br />
<i>Is this a reputable source? The author's Twitter tag is @greenwombat?</i><br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: PTSerif, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">But in a first-of-its-kind study </span><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070182#authcontrib" style="background-color: white; color: #168dd9; font-family: PTSerif, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none;">published today in the journal PLOS ONE</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: PTSerif, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">, scientists at the University of Maryland and the US Department of Agriculture have identified a witch’s brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen that bees collect to feed their hives...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: PTSerif, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: PTSerif, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">When researchers collected pollen from hives on the east coast pollinating cranberry, watermelon and other crops and fed it to healthy bees, those bees showed a significant decline in their ability to resist infection by a parasite called</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: PTSerif, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Nosema ceranae</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: PTSerif, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">. The parasite has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder though scientists took pains to point out that their findings do not directly link the pesticides to CCD. The pollen was contaminated on average with nine different pesticides and fungicides though scientists discovered 21 agricultural chemicals in one sample. Scientists identified eight ag chemicals associated with increased risk of infection by the parasite."</span>bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-47208312354311288612013-08-03T08:25:00.000-07:002013-08-03T08:25:00.730-07:00Random stories for around your gourmet water cooler<br />
<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/07/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-book-cover.html">The Decline and Fall of the Book Cover</a><br />
The New Yorker<br />
July 16, 2013<br />
Lovely story for you visual folks, and studiers of social trends.<br />
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<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324783204578622472279102826-lMyQjAxMTAzMDIwNDEyNDQyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email">Toys for tight schedules</a><br />
Wall Street Journal<br />
July 23, 2013<br />
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"Toymakers are increasingly creating playthings aimed at busy kids who only have bite-size bits of time to play—a trend some in the industry are calling "snack toys."</div>
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"School-age children are increasingly playing in short bursts of time between organized activities—whether on the sidelines of a sibling's soccer game or at home, between piano lessons and homework. And while many parents default to their smartphone or another electronic device as a quick diversion, toy companies are working hard to maintain their market by refreshing traditional games and playthings to be shorter-playing, more portable and faster to clean up."</div>
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-20-dollar-bottles-of-water-sommelier-water-menu-making-a-splash-in-la-20130711,0,5355011.story">$20 for a bottle of water? Your water sommelier will bring the menu right away.</a><br />
Los Angeles Times<br />
July 18, 2013<br />
"Martin <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Reise is the water sommelier -- yes, there is such a thing -- for the </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/lifestyle-leisure/dining-drinking/patina-PLENT000366.topic" id="PLENT000366" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" title="Patina">Patina</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> Group of Retaurants. He's launching a water menu Monday at Ray's and Stark, the restaurant at <a href="http://www.lacma.org/">LACMA</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">, where he is also the general manager. Some of the bottles will be priced as high as $20. "</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://kotaku.com/how-chinese-ingenuity-destroyed-salad-bars-at-pizza-hut-834835079?action_type_map=%7B%2210100692388624443%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210100692388624443%22%3A151442635050578%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D&fb_action_ids=10100692388624443">How Chinese ingenuity destroyed salad bars at Pizza Hut</a></span><br />
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Kotaku<br />
July 19, 2013<br />
Creative salad sculptures give "all you care to eat" a run for the money. Why not just charge by the pound?bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-1888518307234559172013-08-02T08:58:00.000-07:002013-08-02T08:58:00.679-07:00LAUSD and iPadsOh, this whole thing just fries me. They have $434 MILLION for these useless things that have to be maintained, updated and wrestled with, but no money for a PE teacher at every school? Or an art teacher? Children learn with their hands on, building things, moving their bodies. That's how they build the neural pathways for future growth. Not by sitting on their butts drawing their pointer fingers over something they have to watch. <br />
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This is all about putting corporations before kids. Jesus. This whole thing makes me want to homeschool.<br />
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<a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/07/26/apple.contract.will.kick.off.with.31000.ipads.covers.all.k.12.students/">LA will give all 640,000 students a $678 iPad by the end of 2014</a><br />
Electronista<br />
July 26, 2013<br />
"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">The bulk of the total cost is the $678 per </span><a class="vglnk" href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1311&_nkw=ipad+3rd+generation&_sacat=See-All-Categories" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;" target="_blank" title="Link added by VigLink">iPad</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"> fixed cost, <b>which will come pre-loaded with Pearson e-textbooks</b> and other educational apps that make up the remainder of the money.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/07/26/apple.contract.will.kick.off.with.31000.ipads.covers.all.k.12.students/#ixzz2ajY1UGlo" style="color: #003399;">http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/07/26/apple.contract.will.kick.off.with.31000.ipads.covers.all.k.12.students/#ixzz2ajY1UGlo</a>"</span><br />
<a href="http://laschoolreport.com/ipad-contract/">Apple to replace LAUSD iPads if broken, stolen or damaged</a><br />
LA School Report<br />
July 30, 2013<br />
With a link to the contract, which also details the Pearson software on the iPads<br />
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<a href="http://laschoolreport.com/low-income-schools-getting-first-wave-of-new-ipads/">Low Income schools getting first wave of new iPads</a><br />
LA School Report<br />
July 31, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://laschoolreport.com/controversy-awaits-ipad-vote/">Controversy Awaits $30m iPad Vote</a><br />
LA School Report<br />
Note at the writing they thought it would be only 31,000 iPads for $30million, which actually only covers the frist 49 schools.<br />
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"The district received 13 bids for the contract, three of which were found to be within “competitive range.” Superintendent John Deasy defended the decision to go with Apple. ”It is the best product that went through the bidding process,” he said.</div>
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"However, the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">LA Times</em>‘s Steve Lopez <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/27/local/la-me-0428-lopez-ipads-20130428" style="border: 0px; color: #b72d28; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">pointed out</a> that Deasy appeared in an Apple <a href="http://youtu.be/Z6HeyTldraw?t=5m11s" style="border: 0px; color: #b72d28; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">video</a> in January of 2012, promoting the use of textbooks on iPads."</div>
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bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-32534523756060696172013-08-02T08:43:00.000-07:002013-08-02T08:43:00.018-07:00Recent teaching and education stories<a href="http://twowisegals.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/school-reform-blasted-real-talk-for-real-teachers/">'Hair on Fire' guy has new book out for teachers</a><br />
Two Wise Gals<br />
July 18, 2013<br />
Says what all experienced teachers know: keep quiet in the meetings then do what you want in the classroom.<br />
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<a href="http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2013/07/25/32897/lausd-parents-fight-against-integrating-their-disa/">LAUSD parents fighting mainstreaming of special needs kids</a><br />
Larry Mantle's Air Talk<br />
July 25, 2013<br />
An interesting discussion. In some cases, moving kids from special schools will deny them amenities that make their lives easier.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/25/how-much-time-do-school-districts-spend-on-standardized-testing-this-much/">How much time do school districts spend on standardized testing?</a><br />
Washington Post Answer Sheet<br />
July 25, 2013<br />
<i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;">The grade-by-grade analysis of time and money invested in standardized testing found that<b> test prep and</b> <b>testing absorbed 19 full school days in one district and a month and a half in the other in heavily tested grades</b>. The Midwestern district spent $600 or more for standardized testing per pupil in grades 3-8; about $200 per student for grades K-2; from $400 to $600 per student for grades 9-11. The Eastern district spent more than $1,100 annually on testing per student in grades 6-11; around $400 per student in grades 1-2; between $700 and $800 per student for grades 3-5."</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"><i>"If testing were abandoned, one school district in this study could add from 20 to 40 minutes of instruction to each school day for most grades. The other school district would be able to add almost an entire class period to the school day for grades 6-11. Additionally, in most grades, more than $100 per test-taker could be reallocated to purchase instructional programs, technology or to buy better tests. "</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/24/new-common-core-tests-worth-the-price/">New Common Core Tests—worth the price?</a></span><br />
Washington Post Answer Sheet<br />
July 24, 2013<br />
<i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;">On Monday, the 21-state Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, </span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/georgia-oklahoma-say-common-core-tests-are-too-costly/2013/07/23/e95b312e-f3c9-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">announced how much</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"> it would cost for the Core-aligned test: $29.50 a student for summative math and reading tests. More than half of the states in the consortium now pay less for their current assessment tests. When officials in Georgia heard the numbers, they pulled out of the consortium, given that they now spend a total of $12 a student for math and reading tests. (They also cited concerns about having the technology to give all the tests to all students on computer.) Oklahoma left PARCC too."</span></i><br />
bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-38629238130935558212013-08-02T08:01:00.000-07:002013-08-02T08:01:00.141-07:00Regular bedtimes important to child development<br />
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<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323971204578630342181106844.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet">New Study Shows Why You Should get the Kids to Bed on Time</a><br />
WSJ<br />
July 30, 2013<br />
Says that a regular bedtime may be more important than the exact time of bedtime.bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-36917796601814361362013-08-01T08:35:00.001-07:002013-08-01T08:35:06.977-07:00Juice boxes can get MOLDY inside<a href="http://www.undergroundhealth.com/why-i-stopped-buying-juice-boxes-the-picture-will-gross-you-out/">Why I stopped buying juice boxes</a><br />
Underground Health<br />
July 27, 2013<br />
Since many juice box and pouch products don't have preservatives, it just takes a little bit of air inside to start the science happening.<br />
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I think I'm going to focus more on drinks that come in clear bottles from now on. GROSS.<br />
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bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-68263176919391204072013-08-01T08:00:00.004-07:002013-08-01T08:00:40.703-07:00Beware of sand holes at the beach<a href="http://earthchicknits.com/2007/07/16/the-worst-five-minutes-of-my-life/">The worst five minutes of my life</a><br />
Earth Chick Knits<br />
Jul. 16, 2007<br />
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Horrifying story about how her son was swallowed up in a sand hole while playing at the beach — so quickly that no one saw it happen.<br />
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"<em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">After our accident, I learned that sandhole collapses are a more frequent occurrence than I would’ve dreamed, and that the majority of them end in death. There are four easy things you can do to prevent such a tragedy:</span></em><br />
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1. When you arrive at the beach, always check nearby for any holes left by others, and fill them in.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></em><div>
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bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-12272147639932875022013-06-27T10:10:00.001-07:002013-06-27T10:10:35.104-07:00Blogger refuses to be taken advantage of<br />
Blogger responds to major corporation's attempt to get free advertising.<br />
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<a href="http://www.catherinedeveny.com/columns/2013/6/13/equal-not.html">Equal. Not.</a><br />
Catherine Deveny.com—June 13, 2013bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-76697252007302150792013-06-27T10:08:00.003-07:002013-06-27T10:10:49.213-07:00Whole milk is better for you<br />
<a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/new-study-lowfat-and-skim-milk-drinking-kids-are-fattest/">New Study: Lowfat and Skim Milk drinking kids are the fattest</a><br />
Healthy Home Economist—March 2013<br />
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Lowfat milk is associated with higher weight in preschoolers. Not new news, just another take on it. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nourishing-Traditions-Challenges-Politically-Dictocrats/dp/0967089735/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372352836&sr=8-1&keywords=nourishing+traditions">Nourishing Traditions</a> has some more information on milk that's a pretty interesting read.bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-70884045466220534142013-06-27T10:00:00.000-07:002013-06-27T10:00:22.596-07:00Chipotle labels GMOsWell, it's a start.<br />
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<a href="http://www.antigmofoods.com/2013/06/chipotle-becomes-first-us-restaurant.html">Chipotle becomes first US restaurant chain to voluntarily label GMOs</a><br />
<br />bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-85914952123451146062013-06-27T09:59:00.001-07:002013-06-27T09:59:25.400-07:00Catching up on Recent Education Articles<br />
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<a href="http://acestoohigh.com/2012/04/23/lincoln-high-school-in-walla-walla-wa-tries-new-approach-to-school-discipline-expulsions-drop-85/">Walla Walla school tries new approach to school discipline—suspensions drop 85%</a><br />
Aces Too High—April 23, 2012, and traveling Facebook recently<br />
This is a GREAT and worthwhile read.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/03/third-graders-will-now-officially-assess-nyc-teachers/">Third Graders wil now officially assess NYC teachers</a><br />
Washington Post Answer Sheet—June 13, 2013<br />
This is utter lunacy. I don't know how anyone can remain in the profession under these conditions.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/05/how-college-students-incorrectly-evaluate-their-instructors/">How College Students Incorrectly Assess their Instructors</a><br />
Washington Post Answer sheet—June 5, 2013<br />
See "Third Graders," above.<br />
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<a href="http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/creating-culture-of-inclusion.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TeacherTom+%28Teacher+Tom%29">Creating a Culture of Inclusion</a><br />
Teacher Tom—June 11, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/">What's the Most Natural Way to Learn?</a><br />
Washington Post Answer Sheet—June 17, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/i-didnt-really-research-anything-in-high-school-d-c-valedictorian-says/">'I didn't really research anything in HS,' DC Valedictorian Says</a><br />
Washington Post Answer Sheet—June 17, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/06/25/193174358/as-demographics-shift-kids-books-stay-stubbornly-white">As Demographics Shift, Kids books Stay Stubbornly White</a><br />
NPR—June 25, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/04/why-schools-should-relax-about-cheating/">Why Schools Should Relax about Cheating</a><br />
Washington Post Answer Sheet—June 5, 2013<br />
I'm not sure whether I agree with this, but it's an interesting read!<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/04/why-teachers-should-present-new-material-as-stories/">Why Teachers Should Present New Material as Stories</a><br />
Washington Post Answer Sheet—June 4, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://techedblog.tumblr.com/post/23103090540/the-hardest-job-everyone-thinks-they-can-do">Teaching—The Hardest Job Everyone Thinks They Can Do</a><br />
Technology in Education—May 15, 2012bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-4611525910961591932013-06-27T09:29:00.000-07:002013-06-27T09:29:03.525-07:00Support midwifery<a href="http://www.lafamily.com/pregnancy/birth-brouhaha/thriving-midwifery-risk">Thriving Midwifery is at risk</a>, LAFamily.com (June 2013)bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-48647492675679552362013-06-27T09:28:00.001-07:002013-06-27T09:28:12.083-07:00Cortisol, depression and dementiaSo what does this mean about cortisol build-up in young children for later life??<br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/06/24/193884835/depression-may-increase-the-risk-of-dementia-later-on">Depression May Increase the Risk of Dementia Later On</a><br />
NPR<br />
June 24, 2013bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-62248147891220088082013-06-27T09:19:00.002-07:002013-06-27T09:26:27.804-07:00Teach kids how to swimI knew how to swim, but always have been terrified of the water, I suspect due to a well-intentioned water babies class as a young child.<br />
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<a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/swimming-and-the-fear-factor/?emc=eta1&_r=1">Swimming and the Fear Factor</a><br />
NY Times<br />
June 10, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/">Drowning doesn't look like Drowning</a><br />
Mario Vittone's blog, and Slate<br />
May 3, 2010<br />
<br />bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-63813346229630699422013-06-21T20:12:00.001-07:002013-06-27T09:59:53.868-07:00Ability grouping popular in classrooms again<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/education/grouping-students-by-ability-regains-favor-with-educators.html?pagewanted=all&_r=4&">Grouping Students by Ability Regains Favor with Educators</a>, NYTimes (June 9, 2013)bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-86354936388306919542013-05-19T23:48:00.000-07:002013-05-19T23:48:28.808-07:00Now here's a film I'd like to see<a href="http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/05/ricky_jays_tricks_and_treats.php">Ricky Jay's tricks and treats</a><br />
Native Intelligence—LA Observed<br />
May 16, 2013<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Fred Neumann was Jay's aikido teacher. He remembered his pupil's stage trick when he turned two $1 bills into a single $2 bill, and decided to test Jay's magic mettle one day after class. Jay was in the shower when Neumann asked him to perform the trick.</span><br />
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""I'm not prepared," Jay objected. Then, naked and dripping wet, suddenly conjured two $1 bills and rendered them into a single $2 note. There is no martial art with that kind of power."</div>
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bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-72129529159869344002013-05-15T20:45:00.000-07:002013-05-15T20:45:04.375-07:00One solution to that pesky Ed budget? Close the school!<a href="http://www.democracy-tree.com/albions-high-school-shuttered-budget-deficit/">Albion, Mich's Only HS Shuttered Over Budget Deficit</a><br />
Democracy-Tree.com<br />
May 15, 2013<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Last night their board voted to shutter the high school altogether, with no plan in place on how and where to educate 9th through 12th grades.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> "</span>bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-39095691842085294192013-05-15T20:41:00.001-07:002013-05-15T20:41:18.753-07:00Why musicians make nothing despite hard work<br />
<a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8993-the-cloud/">Making Cents</a><div>
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Okay it's stale, but the info is still good.</div>
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<i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Consider Pandora and Spotify, the streaming music services that are becoming ever more integrated into our daily listening habits. My BMI royalty check arrived recently, reporting songwriting earnings from the first quarter of 2012, and I was glad to see that our music is being listened to via these services. Galaxie 500's "Tugboat", for example, was played 7,800 times on Pandora that quarter, for which its three songwriters were paid a collective total of 21 cents, or seven cents </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">each. Spotify pays better: For the 5,960 times "Tugboat" was played there, Galaxie 500's songwriters went collectively into triple digits: $1.05 (35 cents each)."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The answer is capital, which is what Pandora and Spotify have and what they generate. These aren't record companies-- they don't make records, or anything else; apparently not even income. They exist to attract speculative capital."</span></i></div>
bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-24057496370320024392013-05-15T20:36:00.001-07:002013-05-15T20:36:45.873-07:00Getting your kids to help with the chores<a href="http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2013/05/15/chores-without-threats-or-bribery/">Chores Without Threats or Bribery</a><br />
Attachment Parenting International<br />
May 15, 2013<br />
I'll have to read this one a few times to let it soak in!bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037444291324749750.post-74033908251180928172013-05-15T08:39:00.001-07:002013-05-15T08:39:27.980-07:00Because your four year old needs more body-conscious imagery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/brenda-chapman-merida-makeover-brave_n_3266289.html">Brenda Chapman, 'Brave' Creator, Calls Merida's Makeover 'Atrocious'</a><br />
Huffington Post<br />
May 13, 2013<br />
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<a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/disney-princess-makeover-sparks-outrage--merida-petition-goes-viral-175251230.html">Disney Princess Makeover Sparks Outrage: Merida Petition Goes Viral</a><br />
Yahoo! Shine<br />
May 10, 2013<br />
<i>Also check out the slideshow of current toy makeovers at the bottom.</i>bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621629584468531177noreply@blogger.com0