Education

Transfer of knowledge.

Donovan Livingston's Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Speech.

Sites

• Project Zero | Harvard Graduate School of Education — Educators understanding and nurturing human potential
  • Project Zero's Thinking Routine Toolbox: a set of questions/steps to scaffold and support student thinking
• KidzSearch — Websites safe for kids
• BBC Bitsize — Free online study support resource for those who want to learn or teach

Links

Technology and Education

• A fireside chat on education, technology and almost everything in between
  • A fireside chat with Bill Gates and Jessie Wooley -Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning
  • The status of education technology, particularly in math, what the Gates Foundation is doing and the impact of AI

School and sleep

• Delayed school start times and adolescent sleep: A systematic review of the experimental evidence
• Schools start too early | US GOV CDC
  • Later start time can help adolescents get enough sleep and improve health, academic performance and quality of life
• Early morning university classes are associated with impaired sleep and academic performance | Nature (HN)
  • Early morning classes are associated with lower attendance, shorter sleep and poorer academic achievement
• Let Teenagers Sleep | Scientific American (HN)
  • Better for mental health, less use of tobacco and drugs and a lower suicide rate
  • Changing school start time will affect teachers, school administrators, parents, caretakers and employers' schedule

College

• Ask HN: What would you recommend a 16-year-old to pursue career-wise?
  • People focused on why attending college is worth it for a 16-year-old, what to aim for in a college
  • To me, that is also people illustrating what a college supposed to provide