Matt Levinson is the Head of the Upper Division at Marin Country Day School and is the author of From Fear to Facebook: One School's Journey.
Blog Posts
Recently, NPR launched a new blog entitled Code Switch to examine the "frontiers of race, culture and ethnicity." Blog host Gene Demby explains: "We're looking at code switching a little more broadly. Many of us subtly,...
Read More.In the introduction to her new book, Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy, author ...
Read More.A few days ago a student approached me and said he needed to talk about something, and he wanted to meet the next day at recess. I appreciated the way he reached out to me and I looked forward to the opportunity to meet with him. He came into my office with a sheepish look on his face, spoke in...
Read More.Standardized tests can be a wonderful teaching tool to enrich and deepen classroom learning.
What?! The prevailing wisdom states that standardized testing drains the life out of a classroom and saps students of interest and engagement, brings on unnecessary and at times...
Read More.The mistake about MOOCs (massive open online courses) is that they discount the central component of effective teaching -- the relationship forged between student and teacher.
Read More.One of the best and most important approaches to take in handling media use among children is for families to sit down together and create a family media agreement.
The virtue of this approach is that it enlists all stakeholders in a conversation and empowers and invites kids and...
Read More.I had a conversation a few months ago with a parent about being a school principal. We were talking about the various demands of the job, from the different constituents that a school principal has to work with to the environment of a school. The parent asked me how I would define the job if I...
Read More.In her Wall Street Journal editorial, What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?, University of California at Berkeley psychology professor Alison Gopnik highlights two key areas of the brain that...
Read More."Your clicks have consequences," says Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet. Johnson writes about the impact of consuming a poor information diet, "unhealthful information deep-fried in our own preconceptions."
Read More.What parent wants their child to fail? Well, when it comes to the use of technology, failure might just be the best option.
In fact, failing early and often provides fertile ground to educate kids around responsible use. The question is how best to handle online transgressions -- and...
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