Thursday Thoughts: cool links and interesting news from this past week

Weekly Brain Challenge:

• Think you have a scientific mind? Take this short quiz put together by Pew Research Center and the Smithsonian Magazine. How does your brain stack up against the rest? http://bit.ly/scienceknowledgequiz

Cool articles on reading, beautiful brains and learning:

• Your Kid’s Brain May Benefit From An Extra Year in Middle School: Repeating eighth grade can give students time to mature academically and developmentally. http://bit.ly/extramiddleschool

• What do Babies Think?, a TED talk by Child Developmental Psychologist, Alison Gopnik is still worth a listen. http://bit.ly/BabiesTED

• Take a look, it's in a book! Reading Rainbow is heading back to homes and classrooms everywhere. http://bit.ly/ReadingRainbowlink

• Why I Read: Stern Center’s Diagnostics Intake Coordinator, Greta D’Agostino, talk about struggling with reading and her journey to becoming a lifelong lover of books. http://bit.ly/WhyIReadGD 

• Do you have a story about how you became a reader? We are collecting stories and quotes about how and why people became the readers they are today. If you feel like sharing, please contact Suzanne, sloring@sterncenter.org. We’d love to hear from you!