Progressive Education and Assessment

• Can Schools Cultivate a Student's Ability to Think Differently?
  KQED News  January 7, 2015

• Is a Progressive Education a Good Fit For Your Child?
  Natural Awakenings   August 19, 2014 

• 7 Ways Project-Based Learning Prepares Students for the Future
  Method  March 08, 2017

• What Are The Advantages To Schools With Small Class Sizes?
  Your OT  May 16, 2018
  

Social Learning and Diversity

• What Is White Privilege, Really?
  Teaching Tolerance  Fall 2018

• The Danger of a Single Story - National Geographic Learning (pdf)
  National Geographic Learning, Cengage Learning  2016  

• When Restorative Justice in Schools Works
  The Atlantic  December 29, 2015

• Schools Address Gender Inclusion to Ensure all Students Can Learn
  USA Today  July 22, 2017
  

Child Development and Media Exposure

• Growing Up Digital, Wired For Distraction
  New York Times  November 21, 2010

• Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Raised Their Kids Tech-Free—and it Should've Been a Red Flag
  Business Insider  January 10, 2018

• Screentime is Making Kids Moody, Crazy and Lazy
  Psychology Today  August 18, 2015 

• Computers and Children
  Alliance for Childhood  September 12, 2000

• Why Can't We Look Away From Our Screens?
  New York Times  March 6, 2017
  

Kindergarten

• Kindergarten - The New First Grade?  It's Actually Worse Than That
  Washington Post  January 19, 2016

• The Disturbing Transformation of Kindergarten
  Stamford Advocate  February 21, 2014

• Kindergarten Cram
  New York Times  April 29, 2009

Nature and Play

• Why Kids Need Recess And Why It's Endangered
  The Atlantic    December 2016  

• Want To Get Your Kids Into College?  Let Them Play
  CNN.com  December 29, 2010

• The Secret Power of Play
  Time.com  September 6, 2017                        

• Let Preschoolers, Kindergartners Play To Learn
  CNN.com  June 14 2012

• Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills
  NPR.org  February 21, 2008

• The Value of Play
  Education.com 

• The Value of Risk in Children’s Play (pdf)
  Alliance for Childhood 
  

Articles about Blue Rock School and Child Development

• Raising Resilient Children
  Natural Awakenings  January 21, 2013   

• A Model for Schools That Works
  HuffingtonPost.com  May 25, 2011    

• Not Every Playing Field Should Be Level
  HuffingtonPost.com  May 25, 2011    

• 'Race to Nowhere' Film Screening Brings Awareness and Questions
  Patch.com  Feb 11, 2011
  

Helpful Organizations and Professionals

• Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood

• Teaching Tolerance | Diversity, Equity And Justice

• Alliance for Childhood: Research and Advocacy

• Simplicity Parenting

• Dr. Sharon Maxwell
  Talking to Our Kids About Sex
  (National Award Winning Series)

• The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond

• Richard Louv
  Last Child in the Woods Overview