Best Articles for Educators 12/30/13

1. Why Academic Teaching Doesn’t Help Kids Excel In Life

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/11/why-academic-teaching-doesnt-help-kids-excel-in-life/  

2. What “School Reformers” — And All Of Us — Can Learn From Pope Francis About Creating Change

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/12/23/what-school-reformers-and-all-of-us-can-learn-from-pope-francis-about-creating-change/

3. The Teacher’s Guides To Technology And Learning

http://www.edudemic.com/guides/ 

4.  Students That Talk Themselves Out of Boredom Are Actually Less Bored

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/students-that-talk-themselves-out-of-boredom-are-actually-less-bored/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

5.  Top 10 Teaching Now Blog Posts for 2013

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2013/12/top_10_teaching_now_blog_posts_for_2013.html

6.  Making Predictions Makes You Learn Better

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/12/making-predictions-makes-you-learn-better/   

7.  I Believe in Human Rights: Youth Homelessness and Education

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2013/12/i-believe-in-human-rights-youth-homelessness-and-education/