Educational Links 11/18/15

Improving Kids' Cognitive Skills Though Sports 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/11/improving-kids-cognitive-skills-though.html 

Why Every School Needs an 'Innovation Day'

http://magazine.good.is/articles/why-every-school-needs-an-innovation-day 

L.A. Unified explores possibility of becoming an all-charter district

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-la-unified-all-charter-district-20151116-story.html 

The Power of an Impassioned Principal

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/11/principal-power-new-orleans-school/415911/

The Role of Special Education in a Democracy

http://www.thinkinclusive.us/the-role-of-special-education-in-a-democracy/?utm_content=buffer6f50d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

5 Ways to Avoid Manipulation

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-ways-to-avoid-manipulation-richard-curwin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

10 Specialists Pick Apps, Websites to Help Special Needs, Struggling Readers Love to Learn

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/aiming-access/10-specialists-pick-apps-websites-help-special-needs-struggling-readers-love?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29