Always the Time To Learn Tweets of the Day 9/5/12

We must educate the whole brain.

The arts release the learning.

1. How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-reform-overview 

2. Instructional Coaches: An Invitation to an Advice Column

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/coaching_teachers/ 

Just keep your criteria straight, officials.

3. More Paralympic athletes with learning disabilities expected for Rio 2016

Games officials confident of increased numbers but admit some competitors will always try to cheat classification system

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/28/paralympics-rio-2016-learning-disabilities?newsfeed=true 

Literacy for all!

4.  ProLiteracy Starts New Chapter with Grand Opening of New Headquarters

http://www.proliteracy.org/page.aspx?pid=1161

Plan ahead for next summer!

5.  National Conference - Conference Workshops 

http://www.summerlearning.org/?page=conferenceworkshops#Systems%20Building 

Is it always about profit?

6. Special Report: The profit motive behind virtual schools in Maine

http://www.pressherald.com/news/virtual-schools-in-maine_2012-09-02.html 

Hey--you can't get a way with it.

7. Florida School Teachers Helped Students Cheat On State Exams, Investigation Reveals 

http://www.pressherald.com/news/virtual-schools-in-maine_2012-09-02.html 

But what would be the cost to the kids?

8. Special Education Spending Reduction To National Median Could Save Districts $10 Billion: Study 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/districts-could-save-10-b_n_1858345.html