Embrace the Mess Tweets of the Day 2/19/14

1. Embracing Messy Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/embracing-messy-learning-joshua-block?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-embrace-messy-learning-block-image-repost 

2. Whole Brain Writing--In First Grade 

http://mrsshipleywholebrainteaching.blogspot.com/2014/01/whole-brain-writing-in-first-grade.html 

3. States Want Kids To Learn A Lot — Maybe Too Much

 http://www.npr.org/2014/02/16/277057175/states-want-kids-to-learn-a-lot-maybe-too-much?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

4. What Learning Cursive Does for Your Brain

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201303/what-learning-cursive-does-your-brain 

5. Creating a First-Response System for Struggling Students

 http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/02/12/fp-krakow.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

6. Rubrics for Blogging and Multimedia Projects 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/12/rubrics-for-blogging-and-multimedia.html#.UwLE6oVDytc 

7. Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/nyregion/new-york-early-champion-of-common-core-standards-joins-critics.html?action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.+%2F+Region&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article&_r=1