What We’re Reading This Week

State of TX Grade F | Fairness Dyslexia Options | 1989 Measles? | Unpublished Salinger| “See” Bad Eyesight Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Dear State of Texas an A-F grade in supporting public education “Your grade is an F, Texas. But I want to be transparent in my reasoning, Texas. And I promise not to change my standards every year without telling you in advance. Because that would not be fair or good for the state that I love. “ Boom. 2 Two boys with the same disability triedRead More →

Screens in Schools a Hoax | How Long to Poop out a Lego?| Hobby or Hustle| To My Friends| Myth of Plastic Recycling Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Screens In Schools Are a $60 Billion Hoax “…we have accepted tech in the classroom as a necessary and beneficial evolution in education. This is a lie.” 2 It Takes 1.71 Days to Poop Out a Lego “For one unfortunate subject, the Lego head never reappeared.” It’s okay. It was for science. 3 The Modern Trap of Turning Hobbies Into HustlesRead More →

Houston Population Surge | SAHM Depression| Sign Stealing| Testicle Festival| True Crime Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Houston could see second biggest population surge in U.S. through 2029, study says Yay. I mean. “welcome.” Just don’t come here and try to turn it into the place you left. Okay? 2 Why Didn’t Anyone Warn Me About Stay-at-Home Mom Depression? I was not only tired and depleted, but hopeless—like my life had no purpose, and no one seemed to care about all I’d been doing for my son and myRead More →

Hey, Texas! Cursive is Back! | 10 Steps to Well-Adjusted Kids| Is Scouting Relevant?| The Lost Jungle Prince| 7 Days Online as an 11yo Girl Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Texas students will have to learn cursive again starting this fall What do you think? Glad it’s back? 2 Want to Raise Well-Adjusted Children? Psychology Says Let Them See You Doing These 10 Things Is it shocking that you should be a kind well-rounded person – and, let your kids be part of that world? 3 Are the BoyRead More →

Wrong Answers are Good | Alaska: Record Fires, Dead Salmon, Degrading Shorelines| How a Native American Celebrates Thanksgiving| $800M in Harvey Relief. 0 Payments| Beauty Rules to Break Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 The Power of Wrong Answers in Science Education “…learning requires getting past their own ideas.” 2 Want to know what climate change feels like? Ask an Alaskan. “In some ways, it’s comforting, because things are warmer than they used to be,” Morris said. “But not having the environment be as predictable makes things a lot moreRead More →

EMDR | Typefaces| Elf on a Shelf| Laptops| Not Reading Until 12 Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 The Best Drug I’ve Ever Taken Wasn’t Even a Drug. It Was EMDR Therapy. “Sounds were louder, lights were brighter, smells were more intense. All stimuli came in full bore.” 2 Do typefaces really matter? To serif or not to serif? That is the question. “Selecting a font is like getting dressed,..Just as one chooses an outfit according to the occasion, one decides on a font according to the kind of messageRead More →

The Blob | Brilliance | Mariachi | Alexa | Sealand Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Paris zoo unveils the “blob”, an organism with no brain but 720 sexes Let’s just say if this were a movie it would take a lot of flamethrowers before humanity wins. 2 The Key To Raising Brilliant Kids? Play A Game “…the “six C’s” that kids need to succeed — collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation and confidence — and why raising brilliant kids starts with redefining brilliant. “ 3 University of HoustonRead More →