Reading passages

How an F Student Became America’s Most Prolific Inventor — Bloomberg Business (Business)

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-americas-top-inventor-lowell-wood/

How the Rich and Poor Spend Money Today—and 30 Years Ago – The Atlantic (Economics)

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/how-the-rich-and-poor-spend-money-today-and-30-years-ago/360103/

The health effects of a world without darkness – Rebecca Boyle – Aeon (Health)

http://aeon.co/magazine/health/the-health-effects-of-a-world-without-darkness/

A dark night is good for your health

http://theconversation.com/a-dark-night-is-good-for-your-health-391

Peering at bright screens after dark could harm health, doctor claims | Science | The Guardian (Health)

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/22/peering-bright-screens-dark-harm-health

Speech Complexities of 2016 Presidential Hopefuls (Linguistics/speech)

http://mashoid.co/linguistic-analysis-2016-presidential-hopefuls/

The End of Expertise (Technology)

https://hbr.org/2015/10/the-end-of-expertise

Your Zodiac Sign, Your Health – The Atlantic (Health)

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/your-zodiac-sign-your-health/281358/

Science Compared Every Diet, and the Winner Is Real Food – The Atlantic (Health/Food)

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/science-compared-every-diet-and-the-winner-is-real-food/284595/

Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s – The Atlantic (Health)

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/why-it-was-easier-to-be-skinny-in-the-1980s/407974/

Technology and the College Generation – The New York Times (Technology and Education)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/fashion/technology-and-the-college-generation.html?=smid=fb-share&_r=6&pagewanted=all&

How to Fall in Love With Math – The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/opinion/how-to-fall-in-love-with-math.html?_r=1&

What Book Changed Your Mind? – The Chronicle of Higher Education (Education)

http://chronicle.com/article/What-Book-Changed-Your-Mind-/149839/

Is it wrong to teach children about God? – Michael Ruse – Aeon (Education)

http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/is-it-wrong-to-teach-children-to-believe-in-god/

How Children Learn To Read – The New Yorker (Education)

http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/how-children-learn-read

Are College Lectures Unfair? – The New York Times (Education)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/opinion/sunday/are-college-lectures-unfair.html?mabReward=CTM&moduleDetail=recommendations-0&action=click&contentCollection=Science&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&src=recg&pgtype=article

A Special Education – The New York Times (Education)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/opinion/sunday/a-special-education.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-top-region&region=opinion-c-col-top-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-top-region&_r=0

How Providing Educational Opportunities to Prisoners Pays Off – The Atlantic (Education)

http://padlet.com/jcmbut/vldfmxugtg57

Education Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Growing Wider – The New York Times (Education)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/economy/education-gap-between-rich-and-poor-is-growing-wider.html?mabReward=CTM&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

Army Literacy Test: Used on recruits in WWI. (Literacy)

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/09/24/army_literacy_test_used_on_recruits_in_wwi.html

Grammar rules everyone should follow | Books | The Guardian (Literacy)

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/09/grammar-rules-everyone-know?CMP=twt_gu

Why Deep Reading is Suffering as Technology Advances — Emerging Education Technologies (Literacy)

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/03/is-deep-reading-suffering-as-technology-advances/

What happens to literacy when the internet turns into a giant TV station? | The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/18/6096239/what-happens-to-literacy-when-the-internet-turns-into-a-giant-tv

The History of “Loving” to Read – The New Yorker (Reading Literature)

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/history-loving-read?mbid=rss

Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer | 3tags (Reading/Literature)

http://3tags.org/article/reading-literature-makes-us-smarter-and-nicer/recent/CONTEXT

Skills and Strategies | Making Inferences – The New York Times (Teaching)

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/skills-and-strategies-making-inferences/?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-middle-span-region&region=c-column-middle-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-middle-span-region

Common Core Reading: ‘The New Colossus’ : NPR Ed : NPR (Teaching)

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/11/11/356357971/common-core-reading-the-new-colossus

Student Portfolios: An Alternative Way of Encouraging and Evaluating Student Learning | Tomorrow’s Professor Postings (Teaching)

https://tomprof.stanford.edu/posting/762

Assessing How Students Learn | Tomorrow’s Professor Postings (Teaching)

https://tomprof.stanford.edu/posting/956

Creating Engaging Assignments | Tomorrow’s Professor Postings (Teaching)

https://tomprof.stanford.edu/posting/1424

When I Grow Up, I Want to be Just Like My iPad | Tomorrow’s Professor Postings (Teaching)

https://tomprof.stanford.edu/posting/1379-0

A Pregnancy Souvenir: Cells That Are Not Your Own – The New York Times (Biology)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/science/a-pregnancy-souvenir-cells-that-are-not-your-own.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region

Banning child labour imposes naive western ideals on complex problems | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian (Business/Ethics)

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/aug/26/ban-child-labour-developing-countries-imposes-naive-western-ideals-complex-problems

What Do “Future Ready” Students Look Like? | Edutopia (Education)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-do-future-ready-students-look-suzie-boss

New Test for Computers: Grading Essays at College Level – The New York Times (Education)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/science/new-test-for-computers-grading-essays-at-college-level.html?pagewanted=all

Americans Are Way Behind in Math, Vocabulary, and Technology – The Atlantic (Education)

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/americans-are-way-behind-in-math-vocabulary-and-technology/280413/

Are College Lectures Unfair? – The New York Times (Education)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/opinion/sunday/are-college-lectures-unfair.html?mabReward=CTM&moduleDetail=recommendations-0&action=click&contentCollection=Science&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&src=recg&pgtype=article

A Toxic Work World – The New York Times (Work)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/opinion/sunday/a-toxic-work-world.html?hpw&rref=sunday-review&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

Call It What It Is: A Global Migration Shift From Climate, Not a Migrant or Refugee Crisis | Jeff Biggers (Global Crises)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/call-it-what-it-is-a-glob_b_8056186.html

Climate change can be stopped – Salon.com (Climate Change)

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/09/climate_change_can_be_stopped/

Being Bullied About My Lunch Made Me a Better Person | MUNCHIES (Food and Diversity)

http://munchies.vice.com/articles/being-bullied-about-my-lunch-made-me-a-better-person

The Asian Advantage – The New York Times (Diversity)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/opinion/sunday/the-asian-advantage.html?mabReward=CTM&moduleDetail=recommendations-0&action=click&contentCollection=Real%20Estate&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&src=recg&pgtype=article