School Recess Is Good For Kids’ Mental Health
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on May 16, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org — Pediatricians, among others, believe that recess has a critical role in the school day. Three years ago, prior to enrolling her son in the middle school, Phyllis Penhallow often had reason to be at the school just as lunch was over. “I’d pull up, park, and the doors to the cafeteria […]
Thank Good Mothers for Licking Their Little Rats
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on May 9, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org – On Mother’s Day, let us heartily commend those profoundly affectionate moms, who don’t hover, but do console. When a character flaw appears in ourselves or others, our instinct is to blame Mom. I know that’s my own boys’ working theory. But, as it turns out, hard science is on their side. Researchers […]
There Is No Health Without Mental Health
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on May 2, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org — Mexicans cultivate family and connection. May is national Mental Health month. Full disclosure: For years I’ve served on the board of the RI Mental Health Association (RIMHA). Why? Because I believe that bar none, the biggest missed opportunity in schools and education is supporting the kids’ AND the adults’ mental health. After all, […]
Vengeance Against Boston Bombers Won’t Aid Healing
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on April 25, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org – “An eye for an eye ends in making everyone blind.” Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in custody, under heavily-armed guard. His body is in shambles. He and his now-dead brother were acting as though they were in their own violent action movie, complete with a car chase and shoot-outs. Trying to be macho heroes […]
A Playworker from the UK Explains His Work, Passion
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on April 18, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org – Keep calm and play on! Marc Armitage, “playwork” expert, has the affect of an over-sized mischievous boy who’s got a Totally Great Idea. Home-based in Britain, he’s one of the world’s premier experts in the arts and sciences of play. Perhaps you’re wondering why wasting time needs a science at all. Armitage […]
At Last! A Computer Science Course for All Kids
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on April 11, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org — Democratize the skills that are now the gateway into the 21st century economy. The classroom reverberates with a lot of boom, bang, thwring, crash! When the door opens, kids seem to be watching a big-screen video game. Their 8th-grade computer-science teacher, Patrick Culliname, slips out, quickly shutting the door against the […]
Schools Making Minorities into the Serfs of the Information Age
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on April 4, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org – “Education will only prepare people for life in a democracy when education itself is also democratic.” “Education will only prepare people for life in a democracy when education itself is also democratic.” – John Dewey, in 1916, Democracy and Education. “I think minorities are… are scared, you know, to jump into the (computer-science) […]
