Current Educational Challenges 8/22/14

How to Design Right-Sized Challenges

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-design-right-sized-challenges-suzie-boss 

Why LA sends failing students on to the next grade

http://edsource.org/2014/why-la-sends-failing-students-on-to-the-next-grade/66530?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdsourceToday+%28EdSource+Today%29#.U_eXa2MfgwB 

Timeline: Marking Demographic Changes in Schools

http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/timeline-demographic-changes-in-schools.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Inside the Mind of the Teenage Boy with ADHD

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/5310.html 

Go Green/Health and Physical Education

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/f9964a52-b270-4e31-94f0-57707a26e046/go-green/?utm_source=SocialMedia&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=mktg_2014 

Get Tech Out of Schools

Students interact plenty with technology outside of classrooms, so let’s leave it there.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/08/technology_in_the_classroom_patricia_greenfield_says_kids_don_t_need_it.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top 

It's Not Just About the Test: A Teacher Talks About the Classroom 

http://www.wnyc.org/story/city-teacher-turned-author-writes-classroom-life-beyond-testing/