A Double Dose of Algebra Improves Math and Verbal Skills as well as College Enrollment
“Interesting study out of Texas A&M on the impact of increased algebra exposure in high school: When students’ time learning algebra is doubled, both their math and verbal skills improve and their rates of college enrollment increase, reveals a study conducted in part by a Texas A&M University researcher.” More at enrollment/cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail
“Thirteen years ago, when I was a relatively new teacher, stumbling around my classroom on wobbly legs, I had to call a students’ mother to inform her that I would be initiating disciplinary proceedings against her daughter for plagiarism, and that furthermore, her daughter would receive a zero for the plagiarized paper.”
“You can’t do that. She didn’t do anything wrong,” the mother informed me, enraged.
“But she did. I was able to find entire paragraphs lifted off of web sites,” I stammered.
“No, I mean she didn’t do it. I did. I wrote her paper.” More at http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/why-parents-need-to-let-their-children-fail/272603/
The Boys at the Back
“Boys score as well as or better than girls on most standardized tests, yet they are far less likely to get good grades, take advanced classes or attend college. Why? A study coming out this week in The Journal of Human Resources gives an important answer. Teachers of classes as early as kindergarten factor good behavior into grades — and girls, as a rule, comport themselves far better than boys.” More at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/the-boys-at-the-back/
so important to let the kids do their own work. huge difference between guiding,supporting and encouraging, and actually doing it for them.nobody wins. besides, if i try to do my kid’s math homework, i get it all wrong!!! ha! better she does it herself. keeping on the independence theme..mara d.,halle’s mom 3rd grade