Homework? Tweets of the Day 3/20/14

1. Homework load little changed in 30 years, study says

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/18/homework-study-less-time/6526311/ 

2. Homework’s Emotional Toll on Students and Families

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/homeworks-emotional-toll-on-students-and-families/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social%20media&utm_campaign=NFPASparkyMusic&

3. Bell Ringer Exercises

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/bell-ringer-exercises-todd-finley?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-bellringers-repost

4. Why Learning to Write by Hand Matters 

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/03/12/24vachon.h33.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

5. Who Gets To Write Fiction? A Response to Walter Dean Myers & Chris Myers

http://www.teachingquality.org/content/who-gets-write-fiction-response-walter-dean-myers-chris-myers 

6. Nursing Director Ensures Students Are Really 'Ready to Learn'

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/03/05/23ltlf-newell.h33.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

7. Why engage students? Because they can move mountains

http://blog.ed.ted.com/2014/03/18/why-engage-students-because-they-can-move-mountains/