What Kids Want To Know About Coronavirus: An Original Comic

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

Don't Make Your Kid Go to College

https://letgrow.org/alternatives-to-college/

Is homework bad for kids?

https://theweek.com/articles/893310/homework-bad-kids

Watch this teacher's brutal resignation speech to her school board

https://boingboing.net/2020/02/12/watch-this-teachers-brutal-r.html

The Education Reform Movement Has Failed America | Time

https://time.com/5775795/education-reform-failed-america/

I Wish My Teacher Knew...

http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=8330

Kindergarten Teachers Are Quitting and Their Students Are Crying

https://letgrow.org/the-problem-with-kindergarten/

Public school teachers as scavengers

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2020/01/public-school-teachers-as-scavengers.html

The downside of mandatory physical education in schools

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-downside-of-mandatory-physical.html

School Recess Keeps Shrinking, and Our Kids Deserve Better

https://letgrow.org/school-recess-with-liink/

“They’re abysmal students”: Are cell phones destroying the college classroom?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/theyre-abysmal-students-are-cell-phones-destroying-the-college-classroom/

How classroom technology is holding students back

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614893/classroom-technology-holding-students-back-edtech-kids-education/

11 ways to help your child enjoy math

https://theweek.com/articles/879665/11-ways-help-child-enjoy-math

Movement Breaks Should Not Be a Substitute for Recess

https://letgrow.org/movement-breaks-should-not-be-a-substitute-for-recess/

A “million word gap” for children who aren’t read to at home

https://news.osu.edu/a-million-word-gap-for-children-who-arent-read-to-at-home/

Kid gifts that are educational, fun, and teacher-approved.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/11/kid-gifts-educational-fun-teacher-approved.html

Flu Outbreak Reduces Class Sizes To Level Appropriate For Learning

https://local.theonion.com/flu-outbreak-reduces-class-sizes-to-level-appropriate-f-1839892824

School Principal Writes Adorable Letter to the Tooth Fairy After Distraught Boy Loses Tooth During Recess

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/principal-writes-letter-to-tooth-fairy-after-boy-loses-tooth/

Universal Free School Lunch Can End Cafeteria Shaming. But Now It’s Under Threat

https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/09/universal-free-school-lunch-can-end-cafeteria-shaming-but-now-its-under-threat

Bullying And The Shaping of The Adolescent Brain

https://www.neatorama.com/2019/09/21/Bullying-And-The-Shaping-of-The-Adolescent-Brain/

Why Empathy Is a Superpower

https://laughingsquid.com/why-empathy-is-superpower/

Best free Math game apps for kids on Windows 10 PC

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/best-free-math-game-apps-for-kids-on-windows-10-pc

What lockdown drills mean for my 1st-grade classroom

https://theweek.com/articles/858482/what-lockdown-drills-mean-1stgrade-classroom

 

How to do teacher's back-to-school 'baggage activity'

https://www.today.com/parents/how-do-teacher-s-back-school-baggage-activity-t161457

Parent Struggling To Find Good Reason Why 5-Year-Old Shouldn’t Be Afraid Of Starting School (Humor, The Onion)

https://local.theonion.com/parent-struggling-to-find-good-reason-why-5-year-old-sh-1837564067

What should parents ask their child’s teacher?

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/08/best-advice-from-teacher-to-parent.html

The Future Of Learning? Well, It's Personal

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/657895964/the-future-of-learning-well-it-s-personal

Japanese park encourages kids to play with saws, light bonfires for learning experiences

https://soranews24.com/2019/08/03/japanese-park-encourages-kids-to-play-with-saws-light-bonfires-for-learning-experiences

These Academics Spent $1.35 To Make Middle School Less Awful

https://time.com/5636708/these-academics-spent-1-35-to-make-middle-school-less-awful-heres-how/

'playhouse' kindergarten to ho chi minh city

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/kientruc-o-elite-saigon-kindergarten-ho-chi-minh-city-07-11-2019/

Only in the Netherlands: Why Parents Are Leaving Their Kids in the Woods Alone at Night

https://letgrow.org/only-in-the-netherlands-why-parents-are-leaving-their-kids-in-the-woods-alone-at-night/

How I Got My Anxious Students to Grow More and Worry Less

https://letgrow.org/im-a-teacher-heres-how-i-got-my-anxious-students-to-grow-more-and-worry-less

Group punishment doesn't fix behaviour - it just makes kids hate school

https://theconversation.com/group-punishment-doesnt-fix-behaviour-it-just-makes-kids-hate-school-120219

Mobile phones to be banned in Victorian state schools from 'first to last bell'

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-25/victoria-to-ban-mobile-phones-in-public-schools-from-first-bell/11246414

Why Don't Buses Have Seatbelts?

https://www.neatorama.com/2019/06/29/Why-Dont-Buses-Have-Seatbelts/

SMBC relevance

http://smbc-comics.com/comic/teaching-2:

 

Forest Bathing: What It's About

https://www.neatorama.com/2019/06/26/Forest-Bathing-What-It-s-About/

Struggling to Explain Internet Safety to Your Kids? Use This Free Resource

https://www.lifesavvy.com/4718/struggling-to-explain-internet-safety-to-your-kids-use-this-free-resource/

Teacher's Hilarious Story of How He Saved His Job By Joking About the Principal in School Talent Show

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tim-manley-the-moth/

Get Your Kid to Read More and Love Books

https://offspring.lifehacker.com/how-to-trick-your-kid-into-becoming-a-book-lover-1834876385

GAO Says Education Department Data On Restraint And Seclusion Is Inaccurate

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/18/731703500/u-s-schools-underreport-how-often-students-are-restrained-or-secluded-watchdog-s

Modern Childhood is Completely Strange (And Missing Some Crucial Elements)

https://letgrow.org/modern-childhood-is-completely-strange-and-missing-some-crucial-elements/

Midland Schools works toward inclusive culture

https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Midland-Schools-works-toward-inclusive-culture-13997532.php

Clearing Up Some Misconceptions about Neurodiversity

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/clearing-up-some-misconceptions-about-neurodiversity/?redirect=1

Resist the Summer Homework Packet

https://letgrow.org/resist-the-summer-homework-packet/

Should teachers track students?

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/06/should-teachers-track-students.html

A parent's guide to raising a good digital citizen

https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/09/raising-a-good-digital-citizen/

How to Raise Kids Who Love to Read

https://www.lifesavvy.com/3266/raising-kids-who-read/

The Craziest Things That Happened On School Trips

https://www.neatorama.com/2019/05/24/The-Craziest-Things-That-Happened-On-School-Trips/

How to Encourage Kids to Solve Their Own Problems

https://www.lifesavvy.com/817/how-to-encourage-kids-to-solve-their-own-problems/

Georgia governor vetoes bill requiring recess in all elementary schools

https://abcnews.go.com/US/georgias-governor-vetoes-bill-requiring-elementary-schools-recess/story?id=63051728

Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coaches

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/math-teaching-football.html

Alternative Education: Rigor Redefined - Scientific American Blog Network

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/alternative-education-rigor-redefined/

Teacher with cancer, paying for substitute, sparks outcry

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48231712

The 20 Most Memorable Teachers in TV History

http://mentalfloss.com/article/69435/20-most-memorable-teachers-television-history

How to Teach Kids to Be Independent Thinkers

https://www.wired.com/story/esther-wojcicki-teaching-kids-independent-thinkers/

Make melting ice a feature

The Concept of Neurodiversity Is Dividing the Autism Community

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-concept-of-neurodiversity-is-dividing-the-autism-community/

Teacher installs Tattle-phone

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/672/transcript

Farewell Badger, by Tesa Silvestre

http://www.dailygood.org/story/2114/farewell-badger-tesa-silvestre/

“It tells the story of an old Badger who knows he will be dying soon, and worries about how his friends Mole, Frog, Fox, and Rabbit will cope with his departure after he goes down “the Long Tunnel.” The rest of this beautifully illustrated book revolves around the touching and creative ways in which Badger’s friends end up cherishing his legacy, and working through their loss.”

ADHD treatment: FDA OKs first medical device to treat ADHD in children

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/20/health/adhd-treatment-etns-device-fda-bn/index.html

Parents Are Sharing The Hilarious Reasons They've Had To Pick Their Kids Up From School

https://www.buzzfeed.com/asiawmclain/parents-picking-kids-up-from-school

In praise of teachers

https://theweek.com/articles/834982/praise-teachers

“Some costs can never be calculated, just as some debts can never be repaid except with endless gratitude. Thank you, teachers.”

5 life skills we need to teach in school

https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/life-skills-school

A Kindergarten Cool Enough for a TED Talk

https://letgrow.org/a-kindergarten-cool-enough-for-a-ted-talk/

Horizons Report on Emerging Technologies and Education

https://www.infodocket.com/2019/03/13/new-report-from-jisc-horizons-report-on-emerging-technologies-and-education/

Some school districts banning crowdfunding

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/29/18286095/donors-choose-crowdfunding-ban-school-districts

The lousy lives of lice

https://boingboing.net/2019/03/26/the-lousy-lives-of-lice.html

Sensory Friendly Joseph - Midland Center for the Arts

https://www.mcfta.org/event/sensory-friendly-joseph/

This performance has been designated as a sensory-friendly performance. This means accommodations have been made to the performance experience so sensory-sensitive individuals and their families can enjoy the show in a judgement-free and welcoming environment. Learn more about sensory friendly performances and see if it is the right fit for you.

Why Teacher’s Aides Deserve Our Appreciation Every Single Day

https://www.readunwritten.com/2018/04/04/why-teacher-aides-deserve-appreciation/

Gravity simulator

https://codepen.io/akm2/full/rHIsa

Click to add gravity points.

Teacher goes the extra mile

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2019/03/teacher-goes-extra-mile.html

Climate vs. Weather - Science Rap Academy - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87P0G_9aK2c

What's the difference between weather and climate? Learn in this science-ified version of "Better Now" by Post Malone, written and produced by 7th graders from the Nueva School.

The Absurd Structure of High School

https://medium.com/s/story/the-insane-structure-of-high-school-762fea58fe62?ICID=ref_fark