Kids And Screen Time: Cutting Through The Static
The walls are lined with robots and movie posters for Star Wars and Back to the Future. But this is no 1980s nerd den. It's the technology lab at Westside Neighborhood School in Los Angeles, and the...
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View ArticleCommon Core Reading: The Struggle Over Struggle
The third in our four-part series on reading in the Common Core era.Every set of academic standards has a soul.Yes, a soul. It's made of varied stuff: part research, part practice, part conviction of...
View ArticleWhy These Kids Love Kale
A question for all you parents out there: Are your kids still working their way through a pile of Halloween candy?Maybe you've even confiscated some, to give back as a reward for eating the healthy,...
View ArticleCommon Core Reading: Difficult, Dahl, Repeat
The last in our four-part series on reading in the Common Core era.All week we've been reporting on big changes in reading instruction brought on by the Common Core State Standards: a doubling-down on...
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