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Do Smarter Teachers Make Smarter Students? . Student achievement varies widely across developed countries, but the source of these differences is not well understood. One obvious candidate, and a major focus of research and policy discussions both in the United States and abroad, is teacher quality. Research and common sense tell us good teachers can have a tremendous impact on their students’ learning. But what, exactly, makes some teachers more effective than others? Som...e analysts have pointed to teachers’ own scholastic performance as a key predictor, citing as examples teacher-recruitment practices in countries where students do unusually well on international tests. One oft-cited statistic notes that high-scoring Singapore, Finland, and Korea recruit their teacher corps exclusively from the top third of their academic cohorts in college; by contrast, in the U.S., just 23 percent of new teachers come from the top third of their graduating class. Can we provide systematic evidence that teachers’ cognitive skills matter for student achievement? Do smarter teachers make for smarter students? And if so, how might we recruit teachers with stronger cognitive skills in the U.S.? To investigate these questions, we look at whether differences in the cognitive skills of teachers can help explain differences in student performance across developed countries. We consider data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an association of 36 largely developed countries that has assessed nationally representative samples of both adults and students in reading and math. We use these data to estimate the effects of teacher cognitive skills on student achievement across 31 OECD countries. We find that teachers’ cognitive skills differ widely among nationsand that these differences matter greatly for students’ success in school. An increase of one standard deviation in teacher cognitive skills is associated with an increase of 10 to 15 percent of a standard deviation in student performance. . #bigappleacademy#bigapple#brooklyn#newyork#school#nyc#schoollife#ny#happy#children#education

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Effective Self-Esteem Improvement Techniques Part 1 . The most important step on the path to self-improvement is to realize that there is a problem. Often a person disguises it behind other feelings and deliberately avoids resolving the issue. As soon as awareness comes, you can safely move on to the following methods of increasing self-confidence:... 1. Keep a progress diary This step does not require any serious time or money. At the end of each day, set aside 10-15 minutes to write down your small and big victories that happened to you today. Maybe you've read the book or finally got up an hour earlier than usual? You can always find a reason for praise. This will help you build a positive mindset every day and focus on your personal success. It's important to reread your notes daily. 2. Change the circle communication If there are negative people in your circle, refuse to interact with them. More often you are in the company of positive and successful people, self-confident and positively disposed towards you. 3. Go in for sports The best way to distract yourself, clear thoughts of negativity, is exercise. In addition, if low self-esteem is associated with external data, sports will help to get in shape. By the way, during sports, our body produces the hormone of happiness - dopamine. 4. Refuse self-criticism and self-examination You will not be able to increase self-esteem if you constantly scold yourself for something or all the time express dissatisfaction with your appearance and abilities. Praise yourself more often and think good things. . #bigappleacademy#bigapple#brooklyn#newyork#school#nyc#schoollife#ny#happy#smile#children

How to plan your day . To-do list We grab a notebook and write down an insane amount of upcoming tasks. Everything, to the last detail.... Many people make the mistake of mistaking a regular to-do list for a ready-made plan. It is important to understand that, guided by a regular to-do list, a person risks losing a lot of time. This is due to the lack of order. At first, you will end up with a chaotic list. Now you need to prioritize it. To do this, use the 80/20 principle. This means that in the list of 10 tasks there are 2, the completion of which will be more significant than the completion of the remaining eight, and taken together. In case you can't decide on the main things, the "time management matrix" comes to the rescue. The essence is extremely simple. We take a sheet and divide it into four parts. Accordingly, we get 4 quadrants. Next, we take a to-do list and assign each one to the correct quadrant: * Quadrant A. Important and urgent matters What gets here requires immediate attention. * Quadrant B. Important but not urgent Cases suitable for the long term. * Quadrant C. Urgent but not important They should be dealt with last. * Quadrant D. Not urgent or important matters It's not at all clear what they did on the list. It is worth getting rid of them without wasting time. The main thing is to be on the alert. A minute of procrastination and items from the bottom squares may suddenly end up in the top two. An extra check of the to-do list can save an entire day. Evening is the best time to organize the coming day. However, developing tactics can be a wonderful exercise over your morning coffee. On one condition - this will be the first thing in the morning. . #bigappleacademy#bigapple#brooklyn#newyork#school#bigapple#schoollife#nyc#ny#smile#happy#children