Educational Links 12/28/14

Can Brain Training Improve Low-Income Kids’ Academics? - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/can-brain-training-improve-low-income-kids-academics/#sthash.XlbKlNKt.dpuf

Can Brain Training Improve Low-Income Kids’ Academics? - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/can-brain-training-improve-low-income-kids-academics/#sthash.XlbKlNKt.dpuf

Actually just sounds like close reading instruction to me.

Can Brain Training Improve Learning?

http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/can-brain-training-improve-low-income-kids-academics/

Race and Schools: Commentary Perspectives

http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/race-and-schools-commentary-perspectives.html 

Fine particulate air pollution linked with increased autism risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141218081334.htm 

Idea: Teach Students To Think Irrationally

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/education-should-be-more-childish/ 

Twelve Days of Devices: Using Technology with Kids Over the Holidays

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-12-27-twelve-days-of-devices-using-technology-with-kids-over-the-holidays 

New year, new mindset: teacher resources for kicking off 2015

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2014/12/new-year-new-mindset-teacher-resources-for-kicking-off-2015.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29 

Why Cafeteria Food Is the Best

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/why-cafeteria-food-is-the-best/?ref=education 

ADHD drugs increasingly prescribed to treat hyperactivity in pre-schoolers 

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/21/adhd-medication-treat-hyperactivity-pre-school-children