Brooklyn Learning Studio

02/13/2017

Not only do they have to read books such as Elie Weisel's Night and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but they also have to visit the Holocaust Museum and a Smithsonian exhibit on Japanese internment camps. Can we require all young people to do these things?

After defacing the school with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti, five teenagers will report on tales addressing some of history’s most divisive and tragic periods.

12/16/2016

Andreas Schleicher oversees the PISA test. He says the school systems of today are the economies of tomorrow.

ANDREAS SCHLEICHER: And I’m not only talking about making teaching financially more attractive. I’m also talking about making teaching intellectually more attractive. And that’s probably where the United States is furthest away from some of the highest-performing education systems...

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365914615/

International education tests offer one measure for how countries around the world compare academically. But test scores aside, how do academic approaches differ in America compared to the rest of the world? Special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of Education Week speaks with foreign students now liv...

12/16/2016

Andrew Wiles, famous mathematician, proved a theorem daunting mathematicians for centuries. Here's how he advises to proceed when you get stuck on a problem:

"... you have to stop, let your mind relax a bit and then come back to it. Somehow your subconscious is making connections and you start again, maybe the next afternoon, the next day, the next week even and sometimes it just comes back. Sometimes I put something down for a few months, I come back and it's obvious. I can't explain why. But you have to have the faith..."

Read the entire (short, joyous) interview here:

https://plus.maths.org/content/andrew-wiles-what-does-if-feel-do-maths

Submitted by Rachel on December 1, 2016 Andrew Wiles is a mathematical legend. He is particularly famous for proving Fermat's last theorem, a problem that had been taunting mathematicians for centuries. In this interview, Wiles tells us what it was like proving such an important result, and what it'...

10/18/2016

Amazing Brooklyn eighth graders--the future suddenly looks BRIGHT
https://www.facebook.com/rachel.rear/posts/10154598579619402

“I want a world where women aren’t quiet anymore.”

09/12/2016

More detailed report on the state of food-insecurity in American young people now, today.

Read the related handout. Food-insecure teens who don’t get enough to eat sometimes resort to extreme measures to cope with hunger—from saving school lunches for the weekend or going hungry so younger siblings can eat to stealing or trading s*x for money to buy food. The most risky behaviors are by ...

09/12/2016

This breaks my heart and frustrates me to no end.

Here's how they cope.

09/12/2016

New York City: this is on PBS tonight, Channel 13 at 9:30pm. Examines a beloved middle school teacher in Montclair, NJ and the birghtest, most promising kid he ever taught--a kid who got lost in the depths of poverty and the systemic problems that come with that and now serves a long prison sentence.

The documentary focuses on the bond between a teacher and his former student.

08/11/2016

"Admitting students with merit that isn’t instantly clear in their transcripts is a purposeful effort, a commitment." You can point them toward your unique, off-transcript value in your application essay. I can help you show yourself off.

To diversify campuses, smart admissions offices look closely at candidates.

07/25/2016

Brooklyn Learning Studio presents....Dream College Essay

06/04/2016

Teachers, parents, kids: what do you think about reading logs?

(As a teacher, and a reader, I find them to be a torturous drag)

http://theatln.tc/1ZiXd21

Forcing kids to keep track of their reading time can turn it into a chore.

06/03/2016

I work with girls in middle school and high school who often get hamstrung by perfectionism. I see how it interferes with curiosity and the ability to take risks in learning, as well as eroding self esteem and causing social anxiety. Brava Alicia Keys for expressing your experience honestly and eloquently. Thank you for accepting yourself as naturally beautiful, but not flawless (whatever that means) and for being brave enough to share your raw self with us. Real is exciting.

https://www.facebook.com/aliciakeys/photos/a.135778477050.121819.6558867050/10153516841297051/?type=3

Been working on listening to myself and stop fulfilling other people’s idea of “perfect.” I’m not covering up anymore and I’m feeling my best yet! Read why on Lenny: http://smarturl.it/AliciaLL

03/29/2016

Sometimes it's like this. Make room for it