Best Articles for Educators 12/7/14

 Why Arts Integration is Essential… and Easier Than You Think

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/12/03/why-arts-integration-is-essential/?utm_content=buffer52206&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Six Practical and Fun Ways to Encourage Kids to Read More in the Middle Grades 

http://www.middleweb.com/6518/get-kids-to-read-more/

On Dysgraphia: Writing About the Inability to Write 

http://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/personal-stories/stories-by-kids/on-dysgraphia-writing-about-the-inability-to-write?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Useful Resources For Teaching About Eric Garner’s Death

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/12/03/useful-resources-for-teaching-about-eric-garners-death/

Teaching Teens Who Struggle With Reading: What Can Help 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/teaching-teens-who-struggle-with-reading-what-can-help

What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=2 

Moving Beyond the Textbook

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/moving-beyond-the-textbook-andrew-marcinek?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Is the U.S. Focusing Too Much on STEM?

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/is-the-us-focusing-too-much-on-stem/383353/ 

2014 Recap: 15 Top Resources On Digital Citizenship

http://www.edudemic.com/15-resources-digital-citizenship-2014/