Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into PicksLifestyle (UK) We need to learn how to relax, without guilt The Guardian - Claudia HammondWe yearn for rest, but feel anxious that we’re being lazy Sometimes it’s only by exerting your body that you can rest your mind I’ve reframed my resting time outs as a way of protecting my mental health
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Food And DrinkRecipes Three-Chocolate Fudge tasteofhome.com - Taste of Home I make this fudge at Christmastime to give to friends and neighbors. That tradition started years ago when I made more candy than my husband, three …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into PicksCulture How a Bach Canon Works. Brilliant. openculture.com - by OC Brilliant. This moving manuscript depicts a single musical sequence played front to back and then back to front. Give the video a little time to …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Food And DrinkDessert 15 Holiday Cookies to Make When You’re Sick of Sugar Cookies FOOD & WINE - Bridget HallinanHoliday season is practically synonymous with sugar cookies—but if you’re tired of your recipe, know that the cookie universe is vast and plentiful. Ginger! Coconut! Cranberry! Chocolate! Some of our favorites
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation After 10 Years of Hopes and Setbacks, What Happened to the Common Core? The New York Times - Dana GoldsteinThe plan was hatched with high hopes and missionary zeal: For the first time in its history, the United States would come together to create consistent, rigorous education standards and stop letting so
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into PicksUX Design How to Develop an Empathic Approach in Design Thinking interaction-design.org Empathy requires us to put aside our learning, culture, knowledge, opinions, and worldview purposefully in order to understand other peoples’ …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Food And DrinkDessert Christmas Cookie Recipes That Food Bloggers Swear By HuffPost - ByFrom sugar cookies to peppermint, these recipes are the tried-and-true favorites of food bloggers. The holidays are heavenly for those born with a sweet tooth, and Santa’s been capitalizing on Christmas
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into PicksChristmas St. Nicholas: The story behind Santa Claus CNN - By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor(CNN) — Don't tell the kids, but we've got Santa Claus all wrong. Countless Christmas songs tell us that Santa is basically the Judge Judy of juveniles. He decides who's been naughty or nice, and he out
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Food And DrinkFood & Dining Use French Fried Onions Like Bread Crumbs for Better Meatballs Lifehacker - Claire Lower Breadcrumbs are good—noble, even. Without them, meatballs would be dense little orbs and meatloaves would be just that: loaves of meat. There would …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Why Politicians Like Kamala Harris Want to Make the School Day Longer Teen Vogue - Zach SchermeleSchooled is a series by Zach Schermele, a freshman at Columbia University, that explores the nuances of the American education system. California senator and former 2020 presidential candidate Kamala recently
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation The things that do – and don't – motivate kids to succeed BBC Worklife - Tiffanie WenTwo drivers of learning behaviour are natural curiosity and the desire for a reward. But which is better for helping children learn? Getting children to learn for the sake of learning rather than the of
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Food And DrinkFood & Dining The Unconventional Baking Method That Makes Serious Eats’ Snickerdoodles So Good The Kitchn - Kelli Foster Award-winning pastry chef Stella Parks is beloved for her reliable and delicious baked good recipes on Serious Eats. I myself am a huge fan, and have …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesPedagogy I Am an English Teacher. Rubrics Are No Way to Teach Writing edweek.org - Peter Machera Rubrics aren't going away anytime soon, but let's not pretend they always help students or tackle the biggest problem in student writing. Rubrics …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into PicksInnovation Intention Matters, But the Unwritten Rules Actually Create a Company's Culture Inc Magazine - Jeff HadenWe worked in shifts when I was a shop floor employee at a manufacturing plant. People came and went. The equipment never stopped running. Incoming employees always took over a little early from the people
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Technology Useful Tips to Help You Integrate Technology in Your Class educatorstechnology.com Using technology in class should always be motivated by a real need to optimize students' learning and to enhance your teaching. Every time you want …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation The Roots Of Teenagers’ Mediocre Test Scores Lie In Elementary School Forbes - Natalie WexlerScores on international tests show American teenagers have made no progress on reading and math in nearly two decades. We need to start recognizing that the problems begin with how and what we teach in
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Are American students falling behind? The latest international scores offer both good and bad news. chalkbeat.org - Matt Barnum American 15-year-olds performed better in reading and science than most students around the world, but lagged behind in math, according to the latest …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation U.S. Students Gain Ground Against Global Peers. But That's Not Saying Much edweek.org - Sarah Sparks The United States has gained ground against other countries in a global assessment of teenagers’ reading, math, and science skills. That’s a piece of …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesSweden How do Sweden's Pisa school results compare to other countries? thelocal.se - Emma Löfgren The 2013 edition of the survey was a wake-up call for Sweden, which experienced a sharp drop in the results of 15-year-old students, pushing them …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Pisa rankings: Good performance – but can anyone compete with China? irishtimes.com - Carl O'Brien Irish teens are among world’s best readers, but could do better in maths and science The release of the OECD’s Pisa rankings every three years is a …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Australian students’ maths skills decline: PISA report news.com.au - Kathryn Bermingham, AAP The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) found student performance has declined by the equivalent of more than a full school year in …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesCreativity Back to school: Where are the future creative leaders? thedrum.com - olivia atkins A voice expert sketching with a creative director. A back-end technologist sitting with a car designer. A painter writing code. These are examples …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Britain jumps up international Maths rankings following Chinese-style teaching The Telegraph - By Camilla TurnerBritain has jumped up international rankings for Maths following Government efforts to import Chinese-style teaching into the classroom. The UK came 18th, up from 27th three years ago, in the Programme
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Finland has the most efficient education system in the world Quartz - Jenny AndersonStudents in some places, like Singapore and Hong Kong, spend a lot of time learning both in and out of school, and it shows: they are top performers in PISA, the OECD’s test of 15-year olds. Others, like
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesIcon version of the Flipboard logoGoogle AASL Standards now crosswalked to Code with Google’s CS First Curriculum ala.org CHICAGO – As part of its continued commitment to provide school library professionals the materials and resources needed to implement its “National …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesPedagogy Differentiating Vocabulary Instruction - Not So Wimpy Teacher notsowimpyteacher.com Do you set aside a time for explicit vocabulary instruction to your whole class? Are you differentiating your vocabulary instruction for those …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesPedagogy What Is the School Leader's Role in Building Collective Efficacy? edweek.org - Peter DeWitt Today's guest blog is written by Beate Planche, an instructional coach and educational consultant as well as a sessional instructor for Western …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Education articlesEducation Teaching Your Heart Out: Emotional Labor and the Need for Systemic Change edutopia.org - Emily Kaplan All this time later, years after leaving the teaching profession, the memory of that day still gnaws at me. Had I set students up for emotions they …
Shelley O'Rourkeflipped into Food And DrinkRecipes Big Soft Ginger Cookies tasteofhome.com - Taste of Home These nicely spiced, big soft ginger cookies are perfect for folks who like the flavor of ginger but don't care for crunchy gingersnaps. —Barbara …
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