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Seattle Magazine has a story on disconnecting kids from their phones at school.BCS (Bellevue Christian School) middle school joined 20 other Washington state schools in implementing Yondr, a lockable phone pouch. The technology is simple: the user puts his or her phone in the pouch—which is slightly bigger than an iPhone—and shuts it. Once the pouch is shut, there is no way of accessing the smartphone. Users can only open the pouch at a magnetic unlocking station, keeping students off their phones and paying attention.Lots of great Q&A on Facebook about opting out of state tests. Yes, you can still opt your child out and no, your school won't lose money. (The feds always threaten that but there is no documented case that any school/district has lost money.) The school may provide something for your kid to do but be sure to send a book/activity materials just in case.
Olson says BCS hasn’t done research into how Yondr has changed students' academic performance, but the culture shifts were immediately evident: more eye contact, classroom engagement and students interacting with one another at lunch, to name a few.
“What we have seen is once they have enough time and go through that initial detox the vast majority of students tend to think that it is pretty nice,” Olson says.
Sad article about kindergarten from the Stamford Advocate:
A new University of Virginia study found that kindergarten changed in disturbing ways from 1999-2006. There was a marked decline in exposure to social studies, science, music, art and physical education and an increased emphasis on reading instruction. Teachers reported spending as much time on reading as all other subjects combined.From what I have seen, this is true, at least for some SPS kindergartens. But is this teacher's choice or getting those kids ready for Common Core? Probably the latter.
In what has to be the most jaw-dropping jail sentence so far this year, a 26-year old bus driver in New York got NO jail time and just 10 weeks probation for raping a 14-year old girl.
Shane Piche, 26, will be registered as a Level 1 sex offender, according to the Waterford Daily Times. The judge reportedly said because he had no prior arrests and there was one victim, the sentence was appropriate.You'd have to wonder what sentence the judge gives for a first murder?
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