Funding for California public schools is a mess, but at least Gov. Brown has the right idea about less testing and more learning. (ABC News)
I'm not an occupational therapist, but it makes sense to me that for best learning and performance, students need to be fully aroused, and chewing gum can help. (NBC News)
I'd love to have a class set of iPads. Other folks aren't convinced yet - they think there's other, newer, or better technology. But I see that as public and private schools start breaking the trail, the ability to use these machines in service of learning has important potential. (The Olympian)
One of my favorite quotations ever is from Donald Keough, the former CEO of Coca-Cola, who once said, "What separates those who achieve from those who do not is in direct proportion to one's ability to ask for help." But how do we deal with the fact that equity traps of race and social class impact the ease with which a student acquires this skill? (Chicago Tribune)
Obama wants to raise the drop-out age. This is good. But can we get past the superficial metrics of educational success and talk about the development of understanding, please? (New York Times)
Boy do I love Brain Pickings.
There's a little bit of propaganda and hero worship in this, but it's still inspirational:
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