Late January: Articles of Interest

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Greetings Upper School Parents:

Here are some recent articles of interest, spanning: clarifying the tone of the ‘Tiger Mother;’ reflecting on race and identity; redesigning Advanced Placement tests; and finishing up by affirming Ohio as the ‘nerdiest’ in a state-by-state comparison of worst and best qualities.

Retreat of the ‘Tiger Mother,’ by Kate Zernike http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/fashion/16Cultural.html : New York Times: Cultural Studies, Sunday, 16 January 2011.

Tree of Failure; the Roots of Civility by David Brooks, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/opinion/14brooks.html?ref=davidbrooks : New York Times: Sunday, 13 January 2011

To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test, by Pam Belluck
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/science/21memory.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=Pam%20Belluck&st=cse : New York Times: Cultural Studies, 20 January 2011

Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above; Race Remixed: A New Identity by Susan Saulny http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/us/30mixed.html : New York Times: Sunday, 30 January 2011.

New Advanced Placement Biology Is Ready to Roll Out, but U.S. History Isn’t, by Christopher Drew http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/education/30advanced.html?ref=christopherdrew : New York Times: Sunday, 30 January 2011.

And for final contemplation, Time Magazine’s “United States of Shame” http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/26/why-your-state-sucks-the-great-american-map-of-fail/
and the rebuttal map, “United States of Awesome” http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/28/and-heres-why-your-state-doesnt-suck/

Happy reading!


Sam Wagner
Head of Upper School