Best Articles for Educators Week of 7/13/14

 

Filtering social media in schools because it’s a ‘distraction’

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2014/07/filtering-social-media-in-schools-because-its-a-distraction.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29

What Makes an ‘Extreme Learner’?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/what-makes-an-extreme-learner/

Asking special needs kids to clear the same bar

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/07/01/asking-special-needs-kids-to-clear-the-same-bar?refid=0

Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction: 3 Myths and 3 Truths

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-myths-and-truths-john-mccarthy?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-differentiated-instruction-myths-and-truths-link

A School That Ditches All the Rules, But Not the Rigor

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/a-school-that-ditches-all-the-rules-but-not-the-rigor-game-based-school-playmaker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

The Importance of Hearing from Teachers Around the World

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/07/the-importance-of-hearing-from-teachers-around-the-world/

Left Bank Learning: When "Work Time" Becomes "Studio Time"

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/left-bank-learning-work-time-studio-time-amy-burvall?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Zero-tolerance policies are destroying the lives of black children

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/07/zero-tolerance-policies-differeniated instructionare-destroying-the-lives-of-black-children/