Best Articles for Educators Week of 9/15/13

Impact of Sequestration on Federal Education Programs - State-by-State 

http://www.nea.org/home/52610.htm 

Why Teaching Mindfulness Benefits Students’ Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/09/why-teaching-mindfulness-benefits-students-learning/

Doing it Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-vocab-tips

Fact Sheet About the Benefits of Arts Education for Children

http://www.americansforthearts.org/get_involved/advocacy/funding_resources/default_005.asp 

Home-school parents question Common Core reach

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=26810448&fm=most_popular 

Seven Tips for Better Classroom Management

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/7-tips-better-classroom-management-tyler-hester?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher