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State of the Union: The Case Behind Obama’s Call for National Pre-K

By on February 13, 2013 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Healthy Learning, I AM LEARNED, Mission of Education

The science and economics behind #POTUS #SOTU call for National #PREK – @ezraklein analysis and #COTC resources

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Research: Investigating the Literacy – Mental Health Relationship

By on February 7, 2013 in Children of the Code, Comments on other sites, Healthy Learning, Unhealthy Learning

Research: mental health effects of feeling chronically improficient in the skill areas most important to success in school

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Update: Children of the Code: CHANGING TRAJECTORIES – the Final Chapter

By on January 15, 2013 in Challenge of Change, Children of the Code, Healthy Learning

“CHANGING TRAJECTORIES” is the final chapter of Phase I of COTC and includes our suggestions and tips for improving the learning trajectories of struggling readers.

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When Learning Hurts – Toxic Learning

By on November 16, 2012 in Healthy Learning, Learning, Maladaptive Schema, Mind-Shame, Self-Esteem, Unhealthy Learning

What and how students learn can have toxic effects on how well they learn thereafter. It’s vitally important that educators understand this.

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Our government is what our population has learned it to be.

By on November 5, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Healthy Learning, Mission of Education

Our national political conversation is devoid of even mentioning the central issue that, within two decades, will most determine our nation’s fate: our most distinctive competency – our only long term competitive advantage – our collective intelligence.

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WAKE UP! THE ROBOTS ARE CALLING

By on April 4, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Healthy Learning

The other night I received a call from the cable company. The voice explained that it was calling about an appointment I had scheduled and asked whether I wanted to keep the appointment, cancel, or reschedule it. After saying I wanted to keep it, the voice asked me if I or someone over 18 would [...]

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Re: “We only use 10% of our Brains anyway!”

By on February 11, 2012 in Brain Science, Comments on other sites, Healthy Learning, Learning, Unhealthy Learning

The Brain Clock “Times” featured a story entitled: “We only use 10% of our Brains anyway!” The story, while dispelling the “we only use 10% of our brain” misconception, perpetuates an even more insidious one.  The author traces the origin of the 10% myth back to William James who is reported to have said:  “We [...]

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Re: Discovering How to Learn Smarter

By on February 3, 2012 in Brain Science, Healthy Learning, Maladaptive Schema, Mind-Shame, Self-Esteem

Re: Discovering How to Learn Smarter http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/discovering-how-to-learn-smarter/ Responded on two levels: 1) re: self-esteem: There is a difference between self-esteem as accumulated positivity and self-esteem as a buoyant absence of self-negativity. Of the two major domains of unhealthy learning, maladaptive cognitive schema and unconscious emotional aversions, the later, and in particular ‘mind-shame’, is largely the result of learned self-disesteem. 2) learning about the [...]

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