December 1 - December 8, 2013
Lessons learned from Finland, an astonishing year for MOOCs, music and literature in the curriculum, and more.
FEATURED ARTICLES
An American in Finland: What Lessons Were Learned?
Ed Week, 11/26/13
"I've already identified three big shifts I'd make right away."
Love and Math: Reinventing a Discipline
New York Review of Books, 12/5/13
"Mathematical proofs, for all their rigorous logic, came to look more like
narratives."
Slowing Down: Teaching Patience as a Strategy
Harvard Magazine, 11/30/13
"Now that, generally, one need not wait for things, patience becomes an active and
cognitive state."
Beyond MOOCs? Harvard, MIT's Changing Views on EdX
Harvard Magazine, 12/5/13
"Modular, unbundled learning suggests much-expanded flexibility in the
curriculum."
CURRICULUM
Music and the Brain: A Selection of Research Findings
Fast Company, 12/6/13
Yet Another Study: Music Lessons Make You Smarter, More Empathetic
Pacific Standard, 12/3/13
Literature is Useful. It Teaches Empathy.
New Yorker, 11/6/13
Literature Shouldn't Have to Be Useful. Love for Books is Enough.
New Yorker, 8/27/13
ADOLESCENCE
How Empathy Develops in Adolescents
Wall Street Journal, 10/15/13
71% of Teens Engage in "Cyberdeviance" ... But Maybe This is Ok?
Pacific Standard, 11/25/13
Cosmetic Neurology: Teen Adderall Use Spreads Into Adulthood
Al Jazeera America, 12/3/13
Snowplow Parents: Now Driving All the Way Through College Deans
Boston Globe, 11/9/13
TECH
As 3D Printing Enters Childhood, Welcome the Birth of 4D Printing
Slate, 11/24/13
Congress Pushes for Free, Digital Textbooks
Melville House, 12/4/13
MOOCs 2013: An Astonishing Year in Review
Hack Education, 11/29/13
ASSESSMENT
Is Grade Inflation Such a Bad Thing?
Pacific Standard, 12/6/13
How Do You Bring Grading To Scale?
New Scientist, 11/20/13
We Should Worry About Our International PISA Rankings
EdWeek, 12/3/13
No, We Should Not Worry About Our International PISA Rankings
EdSurge, 12/3/13
OTHERS
How Low-Income Students Find Great Colleges
Smithsonian, 12/1/13
Clarifying the (Mostly-False) Left-Brain/Right-Brain Distinction
NPR, 12/2/13
Alt-Academia: New Pursuits for the Academically Credentialed
New York Times, 11/1/13
Yep. Merit Pay is Bad for Everyone.
EduBlogs, 1/15/11
FEATURED ARTICLES
An American in Finland: What Lessons Were Learned?
Ed Week, 11/26/13
"I've already identified three big shifts I'd make right away."
Love and Math: Reinventing a Discipline
New York Review of Books, 12/5/13
"Mathematical proofs, for all their rigorous logic, came to look more like
narratives."
Slowing Down: Teaching Patience as a Strategy
Harvard Magazine, 11/30/13
"Now that, generally, one need not wait for things, patience becomes an active and
cognitive state."
Beyond MOOCs? Harvard, MIT's Changing Views on EdX
Harvard Magazine, 12/5/13
"Modular, unbundled learning suggests much-expanded flexibility in the
curriculum."
CURRICULUM
Music and the Brain: A Selection of Research Findings
Fast Company, 12/6/13
Yet Another Study: Music Lessons Make You Smarter, More Empathetic
Pacific Standard, 12/3/13
Literature is Useful. It Teaches Empathy.
New Yorker, 11/6/13
Literature Shouldn't Have to Be Useful. Love for Books is Enough.
New Yorker, 8/27/13
ADOLESCENCE
How Empathy Develops in Adolescents
Wall Street Journal, 10/15/13
71% of Teens Engage in "Cyberdeviance" ... But Maybe This is Ok?
Pacific Standard, 11/25/13
Cosmetic Neurology: Teen Adderall Use Spreads Into Adulthood
Al Jazeera America, 12/3/13
Snowplow Parents: Now Driving All the Way Through College Deans
Boston Globe, 11/9/13
TECH
As 3D Printing Enters Childhood, Welcome the Birth of 4D Printing
Slate, 11/24/13
Congress Pushes for Free, Digital Textbooks
Melville House, 12/4/13
MOOCs 2013: An Astonishing Year in Review
Hack Education, 11/29/13
ASSESSMENT
Is Grade Inflation Such a Bad Thing?
Pacific Standard, 12/6/13
How Do You Bring Grading To Scale?
New Scientist, 11/20/13
We Should Worry About Our International PISA Rankings
EdWeek, 12/3/13
No, We Should Not Worry About Our International PISA Rankings
EdSurge, 12/3/13
OTHERS
How Low-Income Students Find Great Colleges
Smithsonian, 12/1/13
Clarifying the (Mostly-False) Left-Brain/Right-Brain Distinction
NPR, 12/2/13
Alt-Academia: New Pursuits for the Academically Credentialed
New York Times, 11/1/13
Yep. Merit Pay is Bad for Everyone.
EduBlogs, 1/15/11