Best Articles for Educators 5/10/15

 The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video

Summer Reading for Kids and Teens

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/summer-reading-for-kids-and-teens 

What If Everyone Understood Child Development?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/every-classroom-matters/ 

Does The Grit Narrative Blame Students For School’s Shortcomings?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/05/05/does-the-grit-narrative-blame-students-for-schools-shortcomings/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Brain Differences Seen in Children with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/05/brain-differences-seen-in-children-with.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Social and emotional development: The next school reform frontier 

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/05/01-social-and-emotional-development-education-reform-price 

How Safe Is The Schoolhouse?

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=6672&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29