U.S. Education vs. The World

U.S. Education vs. The World: "

This is an old link and was in draft status, but it's a great looking #infographic. U.S. Education vs. The World is a very cool infographic from MAT@USC.  You can imagine this data as a boring series of bar charts in an academic report, but the colorful, visual design here is fantastic.  The winding connecting lines can make it a little difficult for the reader to understand the data, but I think it also draws the reader in like a simple puzzle.

We’ve put together this infographic that compares the United States’ education spend and performance versus eleven countries.  The U.S. is the clear leader in total annual spending, but ranks 9th in Science performance and 10th in Math.

Thanks to Sarah for sending in the link!

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More Attention Problems During Childhood Predict Poorer Executive Functioning in Late Adolescence

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Having attention problems as a young child predicted later difficulties with response inhibition in adolescence. As educators, its really important to establish clear and effective behavior management strategies and classroom/gym rules. Helping young children especially with inattention, disorganization, impulsivity, and hyperactivity at a young age might help offset or reduce lower executive function scores as adolescents. I would love to know what more about intervention studies run and their long-term impact on executive function levels.

Attention problems (behavior problems including inattention, disorganization, impulsivity, and hyperactivity) are widely thought to reflect deficits in executive functions (EFs). However, it is unclear whether attention problems differentially relate to distinct EFs and how developmental stability and change predict levels of EFs in late adolescence. We investigated, in an unselected sample, how teacher-rated attention problems from ages 7 to 14 years related to three correlated but separable EFs, measured as latent variables at age 17. Attention problems at all ages significantly predicted later levels of response inhibition and working memory updating, and to some extent set shifting; the relation to inhibiting was stronger than the relations to the other EFs or IQ. Growth models indicated that attention problems were quite stable in this age range, and it was the initial levels of problems, rather than their changes across time, that predicted later EFs. These results support the hypothesis that attention problems primarily reflect difficulties with response inhibition.

Greater Attention Problems During Childhood Predict Poorer Executive Functioning in Late Adolescence

Calling All School Leaders! Professional Development Matters!

For high quality 21st century school leaders, the focus should be on using research-based practices to assist learning, thinking, and applying for teachers and students. If you are a school leader or an instructional coach, Chris Atkinson recommends Doug Reeve’s book: Transforming Professional Development Into Student Results. where he presents his “Leadership and Learning Matrix”. What have you done to improve your learning, teaching, and understanding? Have you been a lifelong learner?



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How active is your state? See where you stack up with the rest of the country then see what you can do to make your community and state more active.

• Alabama: 47.5
• Alaska: 60.1
• Arizona: 53.3
• Arkansas: 52.5
• California: 55.1
• Colorado: 59.8
• Connecticut: 54.2
• Delaware: 46.5
• Florida: 53.5
• Georgia: 51.4
• Hawaii: 62.2
• Idaho: 57.7
• Illinois: 51.2
• Indiana: 49.4
• Iowa: 53.1
• Kansas: 52.3
• Kentucky: 50.5
• Louisiana: 50.5
• Maine: 55.3
• Maryland: 50.1
• Massachusetts: 52.9
• Michigan: 50.9
• Minnesota: 55.7
• Mississippi: 50.1
• Missouri: 51.7
• Montana: 60.1
• Nation: 51.6
• Nebraska: 56.3
• Nevada: 54.5
• New Hampshire: 53.9
• New Jersey: 47.7
• New Mexico: 57.4
• New York: 49.3
• North Carolina: 51.7
• North Dakota: 56.0
• Ohio: 49.3
• Oklahoma: 50.7
• Oregon: 58.0
• Pennsylvania: 50.4
• Rhode Island: 48.2
• South Carolina: 49.7
• South Dakota: 51.8
• Tennessee: 49.2
• Texas: 52.2
• Utah: 53.9
• Vermont: 65.3
• Virginia: 52.0
• Washington: 55.7
• West Virginia: 47.1
• Wisconsin: 53.9
• Wyoming: 54.2
  
  

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