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Many of the decisions made by the Newark School Superintendent, Cami Anderson, seem farsighted given the complexity of what she calls “sixteen-dimensional chess,” the socio-economic-scholarly context within which school systems operate. As a lifelong educator, I know that effective schooling is complicated, especially in an environment poisoned by poverty, corruption, and in-fighting. Progress is possible if decision-makers heed a few basic principles: learning isn’t a commodity; schools are not profit centers; and communities are entitled to a voice and to an accounting of resources. Ultimately, what matters most is what takes place between students and teachers. An authoritative 2007 study by McKinsey & Company concluded that most reform efforts, including restructuring and charter schools, have little or no systemic impact: “The quality of a school system rests on the quality of its teachers.” Human capital is the capital that counts.
Disponível em: http://www.newyorker.com. Acesso em: 30 jul 2014.
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One of science's most baffling questions? Why we
yawn
Yawning has puzzled scientists for more than two millennia. But could a new theory settle the question once and for all? David Robson investigates.
Mid-conversation with Robert Provine, I have a compelling urge, rising from deep inside my body. The more I try to quash it, the more it seems to spread, until it consumes my whole being. Eventually, it is all I can think about – but how can I stop myself from yawning?
Many theories have instead focussed on the strange, contagious nature of yawning – a fact that I know only too well from my conversation with Provine. “Around 50% of people who observe a yawn will yawn in response,” he says. “It is so contagious that anything associated with it will trigger one… seeing or hearing another person, or even reading about yawning.” For this reason, some researchers have wondered if yawning might be a primitive form of communication – if so, what information is it transmitting? We often feel tired when we yawn, so one idea is that it helps set everyone’s biological clocks to the same rhythm. “In my view the most likely signalling role of yawning is to help to synchronize the behaviour of a social group – to make them go to sleep more or less at the same time,” says Christian Hess, at the University of Bern in Switzerland. With the same routine, a group can then work together more efficiently throughout the day.
Yet we also yawn during times of stress: Olympic athletes often do it before a race, while musicians sometimes succumb before a concert. So some researchers, including Provine, believe that the strenuous movements might have a more general role in rebooting the brain – when you are sleepy they make you more alert, or when you are distracted they make you more focussed. Spreading through a group, contagious yawns could then help everyone reach the same level of attention, making them more vigilant to a threat, for instance. The mechanism is somewhat hazy – though one French researcher, Olivier Walusinski, proposes that yawning helps to pump cerebrospinal fluid around the brain, which could trigger a shift in neural activity.
I’m willing to bet you’ve been stifling a few yawns yourself by this point – as Provine points out, reading or even thinking about yawning can be enough to set us off. So go ahead, let it out – and do so in the knowledge that you are enjoying one of life’s most enduring mysteries.
Disponível em: http://www.bbc.com/. Acesso em 12 ago 2014.
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“J.K Rowling has recast her ‘Harry Potter’ magic and reportedly brought Dumblebore back to life. A spokesperson for the author confirms Rowling sent a letter and a package to a Texas teenager who optimistically found strength in the words of a "Harry Potter" film after witnessing the murder of her immediate family.
Fifteen-year-old Cassidy Stay lost both parents and four siblings to a gunman in Texas last month. Cassidy was shot in the head and survived the gunshot wound only because she played dead. Authorities have called her survival a miracle. Cassidy had seen the unimaginable, but was still thinking about happiness. At a memorial for her family, Cassidy gave a speech in front of media saying she believed her family was ‘in much a better place.’ She quoted the words of Dumbledore, the wise headmaster of Hogwarts, she said ‘Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.’
The same day Cassidy gave her speech, a Facebook page called ‘We want JK Rowling to meet Cassidy Stay’ formed and quickly gained traction. While the group page acknowledges that Cassidy is not a follower of the page, the creator claims to know a friend of Cassidy's who ‘confirmed that JK Rowling did, in fact, write her a personalized letter from 'Dumbledore' (hand-written with purple ink). She was also sent a wand, an acceptance letter to Hogwarts with a school supply list, along with the 3rd book with JK's autograph’ the group post said.
Rowling's spokesperson told CNN: ‘We can confirm that J.K. Rowling sent Cassidy Stay a letter and package, but the contents of the letter and how it came about are private and between her and Cassidy. We're not commenting any further on the letter or what it contained.’”
Disponível em http://www.edition.cnn.com. Acesso em: 8 ago 2014
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“J.K Rowling has recast her ‘Harry Potter’ magic and reportedly brought Dumblebore back to life. A spokesperson for the author confirms Rowling sent a letter and a package to a Texas teenager who optimistically found strength in the words of a "Harry Potter" film after witnessing the murder of her immediate family.
Fifteen-year-old Cassidy Stay lost both parents and four siblings to a gunman in Texas last month. Cassidy was shot in the head and survived the gunshot wound only because she played dead. Authorities have called her survival a miracle. Cassidy had seen the unimaginable, but was still thinking about happiness. At a memorial for her family, Cassidy gave a speech in front of media saying she believed her family was ‘in much a better place.’ She quoted the words of Dumbledore, the wise headmaster of Hogwarts, she said ‘Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.’
The same day Cassidy gave her speech, a Facebook page called ‘We want JK Rowling to meet Cassidy Stay’ formed and quickly gained traction. While the group page acknowledges that Cassidy is not a follower of the page, the creator claims to know a friend of Cassidy's who ‘confirmed that JK Rowling did, in fact, write her a personalized letter from 'Dumbledore' (hand-written with purple ink). She was also sent a wand, an acceptance letter to Hogwarts with a school supply list, along with the 3rd book with JK's autograph’ the group post said.
Rowling's spokesperson told CNN: ‘We can confirm that J.K. Rowling sent Cassidy Stay a letter and package, but the contents of the letter and how it came about are private and between her and Cassidy. We're not commenting any further on the letter or what it contained.’”
Disponível em http://www.edition.cnn.com. Acesso em: 8 ago 2014
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Scans chart how quickly babies' brains grow'
Human brains grow most rapidly just after birth and
reach half their adult size within three months,
according to a study in JAMA Neurology.
Using advanced scanning techniques, researchers found male brains grew more quickly than those of female infants. Areas involved in movement developed at the fastest pace. Those associated with memory grew more slowly. Scientists say collating this data may help them identify early signs of developmental disorders such as autism.
Led by scientists at the University of California, researchers scanned the brains of 87 healthy babies from birth to three months. They saw the most rapid changes immediately after birth - newborn brains grew at an average rate of 1% a day. This slowed to 0.4% per day at the end of the 90-day period.
Disponível em: http://www.bbc.com. Acesso em: 12 ago
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IV.A conjunção “mas” (fala do segundo personagem) possui sentido adversativo e estabelece coesão em orações coordenadas.
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No trecho: “A Eletrobrás está fazendo a parte dela, mas o maior fiscal é a sua consciência”, ao utilizar argumentos de contraste, o enunciador sugere que
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