Patrice Maynard joins a panel discussion of the Common Core State Standards with public school teachers and a private school tutor, on the Total Education Network out of Pittsburg, broadcasting to an audience of 400,000.
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If ever you doubted the power of reading out loud to you child — don’t! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/well/family/reading-aloud-to-young-children-has-benefits-for-behavior-and-attention.html
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AL Local Library in Denver learns the value of Waldorf education’s storytelling approach: http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/gimme-c-collaboration-lessons-learned-waldorf-school-partnership/
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Students feel as if they read better on screen, but they actually perform better when reading from print _ old research in a new light: http://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10
Creativity is inborn and supported by education — or not! NASA does its own research: https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists
“How children learn” by a psychologist sounds very familiar to the Waldorf Community: http://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/news/graton-psychologist-publishes-new-book-on-how-children-learn/article_99685e62-f581-11e7-9ce2-a7ad8b184180.html
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More proof of the need for children to be allowed free play: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/give-childhood-back-to-children-if-we-want-our-offspring-to-have-happy-productive-and-moral-lives-we-9054433.html
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Here’s a clinical research study supporting the Guardian’s recent reporting on cell phone influence in young people: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617723376
Smartphones are destroying childhood happiness. Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/13/smartphone-ban-children-sleep-depression-suicide
Is it time to ban children from using smartphones? Read More »
Smartphones are not helping youngsters! https://www.yourmodernfamily.com/scary-truth-whats-hurting-kids/
Smartphones are not helping youngsters! Read More »
