Saturday, April 4, 2015

MzTeachuh: Who's the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #1

MzTeachuh: Who's the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #1: Bob Dylan Some say Bob Dylan is the greatest rock poet. My text book on Poetry, as an English Lit. major at Mount St.Mary's Co...

Who's the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #1

Bob Dylan

Some say Bob Dylan is the greatest rock poet. My text book on Poetry, as an English Lit. major at Mount St.Mary's College, has the text of 'Mediterrean Homesick Blues' as a poem worth studying; included by X. J. Kennedy, the compiler. This was back in 1969! I'll nominate Bob Dylan--incredible metaphors and poetic rhythms. Much better poetry than music, in my opinion.

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (ORIGINAL)

http://vimeo.com/20289762

Like A Rolling Stone

Always the penchant for honesty.

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you ?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but know you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

I took this poem/song as a cautionary tale and led a quiet life.

MzTeachuh: Teaching All Your Students

MzTeachuh: Teaching All Your Students: Tips for Teaching English as a Foreign Language http://www.5minuteenglish.com/tips-teaching-english.htm A Teacher's Guide to D...

Teaching All Your Students

Tips for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/tips-teaching-english.htm

A Teacher's Guide to Differentiating Instruction

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Teacher_s_Guide/

30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/30-techniques-quiet-noisy-class-todd-finley

6 Classroom Management Tips Every Teacher Can Use

http://www.nea.org/tools/51721.htm

8 Working Memory Boosters

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/homework-study-skills/8-working-memory-boosters?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Expelled in preschool

http://hechingerreport.org/expelled-preschool/

School Behavior Tips: Impulse Control for ADHD Children

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/1037.html

MzTeachuh: GenEd and SpecEd Communication

MzTeachuh: GenEd and SpecEd Communication: Collaborative Teaching: Bridging the Gap Between General and Special Education Instruction http://questgarden.com/105/51/2/100712065245...

GenEd and SpecEd Communication

Collaborative Teaching: Bridging the Gap Between General and Special Education Instruction http://questgarden.com/105/51/2/100712065245/process.htm

Communication during busy schools days is vital and tricky. As GenEd and SpecEd collaborate in a class, both experts are gleaning information from their specific perspectives. These two views can reap a bountiful harvest of success for all the students. The expertise combines, forming a living, thriving academic experience.

GenEd Keeping records--so valuable! Every classroom teacher keeps attendance records, grades, and discipline records, which are communicated to the office annd to the parents. But when do the Special Education teachers become aware of this important information? The office and the teachers together need toforulate asystem so the Special Education teacher, who is a prime liason to the parents, has timely information about the students. Discipline, in particular, needs to be communicated to the SpecEd teacher immediately.Your records will be important input at IEP meetings when discussing current academic performance. Have a hard cop for the SpecEd teacher's file and the parents.

SpecEd Keeping records--so valuable! No matter the grade, there frequently are students that may have an unidentified learning disability, emotional disability, or physical ailment that a SpecEd teacher may help pinpoint. That could lead to the Special Education process, or the School Nurse. The expectation is for all students to succeed, and when there are bumps in the learning road, having other experts in the class can help smooth things out.

When parents contact the teacher--whether GenEd or SpecEd--let the other teacher know what's up. Have each other's back. Be supportive of parents together. If it seems serious, include the administration or District level SpecEd staff in on it. The IEP team is called a team for a reason. We all play for the same side, our goal being success for the student.

Schedules--SpecEd needs to develop an efficient system of scheduling so all members of the IEP team have a heads up when the meetings will be. Special Education is very fluid, and this scheduling information can change quickly. Flexibility is the name of the game. But most SELPAs and Districts give a general list to each teacher, so there are initial expectations of annual and triennual IEPs. There can be addendums and behavior plans added any time. The communication to parents is formulated, but communication to teachers, other professionals involved with the student, and admin needs to be most likely more than one method. I suggest email as well as hard copy in schoolsite teacher/admin boxes, ponied to the district, or mailed to other support staff. Don't make them guess. If meetings are cancelled, the same process or a phone call. all of our time is so very valuable, it is important to be sensitive to that.

Be nice, be thoughtful. You don't have to be best friends to collaborate, but you do really need to be professional. Teaching is very demanding, and teaching Special Education in any scenario is somewhat more complicated. So, SpecEd teacher, remember that GenEd teacher's work just got a lot more complicated with your students on their classlist and you in their class collaborating. And GenEd teacher, understand the SpecEd teacher's job is very complex, and he/she now needs to handle you, too. Be courteous, the kids are glad to see that. Be flexible, it takes time to find a rhythm. Be honest. Take time to communicate what can be better, or just different. If you feel like a Grumpy Cat some days, tell each other, be a support. You're only human, even if you're being asked to perform as a Superhuman every day.

MzTeachuh: National Poetry Month: Poem #2

MzTeachuh: National Poetry Month: Poem #2: The Fall of Icarus by Bruehgal Landscape with the Fall of Icarus William Carlos Williams According to Brueghel when...

National Poetry Month: Poem #2

The Fall of Icarus by Bruehgal

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

William Carlos Williams

According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring

a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry

of the year was
awake tingling
with itself

sweating in the sun
that melted
the wings' wax

unsignificantly
off the coast
there was

a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning

William Carlos Williams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carlos_Williams

Icarus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus

Jim Henson's The Storyteller Daedalus and Icarus

http://www.tv.com/shows/jim-hensons-the-storyteller/daedalus-and-icarus-1598028/

MzTeachuh: Education Links 4/4/15

MzTeachuh: Education Links 4/4/15: Whole Child Development Is Undervalued http://www.edutopia.org/blog/changemakers-whole-child-development-undervalued-bo-stjerne-thomsen...

Education Links 4/4/15

Whole Child Development Is Undervalued

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/changemakers-whole-child-development-undervalued-bo-stjerne-thomsen-edith-ackermann

Does the Team Write Goals for Parents in the IEP?

Does the Team Write Goals for the Parents in the IEP?

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=12610&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29

Relevant Math For Students’ Lives: Creating Context With Social Justice Issues

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/04/02/relevant-math-for-student-lives-creating-context-with-social-justice-issues/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

The Myth of the Normal Brain: Embracing Neurodiversity

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/04/the-myth-of-normal-brain-embracing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Why Students Don’t Always Transfer What They Seem To Understand

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/why-students-dont-always-transfer-what-they-seem-to-understand/

Let’s talk about poetry with Lee Bennett Hopkins

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/let-s-talk-about-poetry-lee-bennett-hopkins?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

The Week in Review - The Most Popular Posts of the Week

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/04/the-week-in-review-most-popular-posts.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VSAUAZPQMo0

A New Visual of Flipped Learning

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/04/a-new-visual-on-flipped-learning.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

MzTeachuh: Ed. Links from MzTeachuh Back On Saturday--WHAT??!...

MzTeachuh: Ed. Links from MzTeachuh Back On Saturday--WHAT??!...: For the first time, there will be a break in the Educational Links from MzTeachuh--I'll be camping for a few days, without laptop or w...

Ed. Links from MzTeachuh Back On Saturday--WHAT??!!

For the first time, there will be a break in the Educational Links from MzTeachuh--I'll be camping for a few days, without laptop or wifi. Fun! I'm excited to be at a Dark Sky site in Death Valley, CAL., with a new telescope and my kids. And spring wildflowers and birds. Will report back. And stars, lots of stars.

MzTeachuh: Look for Live Posts from Death Valley! Why?

MzTeachuh: Look for Live Posts from Death Valley! Why?: ...because I'll be camping with family and we thought it might be fun to report interesting finds and events. Look for them!

Look for Live Posts from Death Valley! Why?

...because I'll be camping with family and we thought it might be fun to report interesting finds and events. Look for them!

MzTeachuh: National Poetry Month: Poem #1

MzTeachuh: National Poetry Month: Poem #1: The Curious Blackbird by Maureen Ida Farley Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Wallace Stevens I Among twenty snowy ...

National Poetry Month: Poem #1

The Curious Blackbird by Maureen Ida Farley

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Wallace Stevens

I
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
II
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
III
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.
IV
A man and a woman
Are one.
A man and a woman and a blackbird
Are one.
V
I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.
VI
Icicles filled the long window
With barbaric glass.
The shadow of the blackbird
Crossed it, to and fro.
The mood
Traced in the shadow
An indecipherable cause.
VII
O thin men of Haddam,
Why do you imagine golden birds?
Do you not see how the blackbird
Walks around the feet
Of the women about you?
VIII
I know noble accents
And lucid, inescapable rhythms;
But I know, too,
That the blackbird is involved
In what I know.
IX
When the blackbird flew out of sight,
It marked the edge
Of one of many circles.
X
At the sight of blackbirds
Flying in a green light,
Even the bawds of euphony
Would cry out sharply.
XI
He rode over Connecticut
In a glass coach.
Once, a fear pierced him,
In that he mistook
The shadow of his equipage
For blackbirds.
XII
The river is moving.
The blackbird must be flying.
XIII
It was evening all afternoon.
It was snowing
And it was going to snow.
The blackbird sat
In the cedar-limbs.

The Beatles - Blackbird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgceen153I

MzTeachuh: What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Othe...

MzTeachuh: What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Othe...: About Collaboration Among Regular & Special Education Teachers http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/collaboration-among-regular-s...

What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Other

About Collaboration Among Regular & Special Education Teachers

http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/collaboration-among-regular-special-education-teachers-13906.html

With the new federal push to improve outcomes for Special Education students, GenEd will be asked to participate more fully in the development and execution of services for Special Education.

Behind the Headline: States’ Special Education Services Face Tighter Oversight by the Obama Administration

http://educationnext.org/behind-headline-states-special-education-services-face-tighter-oversight-obama-administration/

What do both GenEd and SpecEd need to know to create an efficient collaboration?

First, I suggest GenEd do a little homework on the Special Education system, and the types of needs they will most frequently encounter in their classrooms or at the school site.

What do General Education Teachers Need To Know About Special Education?

http://www.schoolpsychologistfiles.com/2008/11/what-do-general-education-teachers-need-to-know-about-special-education.html

Types of Learning Disabilities

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities

And, SpecEd needs do a little research, too, checking out their school sites participation in Common Core (or other standards adopted) in order to write copacetic goals and objectives into the IEP. The best goals and objectives are ones that are already being taught in the general instruction, with as little need for adaptation to service the student as possible. When students need assistance outside of class or the schoolday, what tutoring or help classes do the school offer? Find out the teachers' schedules, office hours, and style of teaching. Be sure to relate your schedule.

Resources for Writing IEPs Aligned to Common-Core Standards

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2013/12/resources_for_writing_ieps_ali.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+(Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education)

Sharing Your Google Calendar with Others

http://cis220fall13.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/sharing-your-google-calendar-with-others/

Collaborating on a daily basis, in the same room, requires a great deal of communication. You don't have to be best friends to collaborate, but you do need to be professional. There are several methods of collaboration in the classroom. Together GenEd and SpecEd teachers choose the best plan for the lesson.

Collaboration Between General and Special Education Teachers

https://www.teachervision.com/teaching-methods/resource/2941.html

Collaboration between General and Special Education Teachers. ERIC Digest.

http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED409317

Each teacher is a professional, highly qualified in an area of expertise. I would suggest SpecEd teachers only do direct instruction of a GenEd class if they hold credentials in that specific area, and GenEd teachers absorb information and advice from the SpecEd teacher on the Special Needs student's detailed program (as in the IEP) and input from the parents. The school experience of a Special Needs student is very fluid, possibly including health issues, emotional balance, and input from parents at least on a weekly basis. GenEd and SpecEd really need to communicate!

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 4/1/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 4/1/15: Laughter and Learning: Humor Boosts Retention http://www.edutopia.org/blog/laughter-learning-humor-boosts-retention-sarah-henderson?ut...

Educational Links 4/1/15

Laughter and Learning: Humor Boosts Retention

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/laughter-learning-humor-boosts-retention-sarah-henderson?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Middle School Interventions

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/middle-school-interventions?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

Libraries and Librarians in the Internet Age

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/libraries-and-librarians-in-internet-age.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VRt8npPQMo0

Study: Kids Should Have No More Than 1 Hour of Homework - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/study-kids-should-have-no-more-than-1-hour-of-homework/#sthash.2JffZkgY.dpuf

Kids Should Have No More Than One Hour of Homework

http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/study-kids-should-have-no-more-than-1-hour-of-homework/

How Common Core is killing the textbook

http://hechingerreport.org/how-common-core-is-killing-the-textbook/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

3 tips for implementing a tech-based learning environment

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/03/31/tech-based-learning-291/

PBIS: How Schools Support Positive Behavior

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/pbis-how-schools-support-positive-behavior

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Using Proximity

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Using Proximity: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www...

Teaching Is Using Proximity

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom
Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

1. Effective Room Arrangement

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones001.shtml

2. The Effectiveness of Teacher Proximity as an Initial Technique of Helping Pupils Control Their Behavior.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ313879&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ313879

3. Quick & Effective Teaching Strategies: Proximity Control

http://effectiveteachingstrategies.com/quick-effective-teaching-strategies-proximity-control/

4. Proximity & Modality

http://edu518top10.weebly.com/proximity-amp-modality.html

5. Suggested Classroom Interventions For Children With ADD & Learning Disabilities

http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/teacher.shtml

6. How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html

7. Proximity and Mobility

http://pattersonandmcmillan.weebly.com/proximity-and-mobility.html

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

Proximity to help during guided practice!

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's List of 25 Movies to Watch With Your T...

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's List of 25 Movies to Watch With Your T...: Here are twenty-five of my favorite films. Although most of these are very famous, they might not be to a fourteen year old. Consider ...

MzTeachuh's List of 25 Movies to Watch With Your Teens

Here are twenty-five of my favorite films. Although most of these are very famous, they might not be to a fourteen year old. Consider sharing films that meant something to you, sharing personal insights to your life experience. Some are fine for pre-teens, use your own discretion and consider ratings. Make watching your favorite movies a family occasion, to share your feelings and experiences at the time. Kids are amazed to imagine their grownups as kids. This can be a closeness-builder. Don't forget good snacks.

Not in order of importance or preference. Just as I thought of them. I have more, of course, like 'Braveheart,' or 'Spartacus' but I must limit myself.

The Sound of Music (1965) - IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/

MzTeachuh: Don't Like Poetry? Betcha Do

MzTeachuh: Don't Like Poetry? Betcha Do: ...don't forget all those Valentine's rhymes! You say you don't like poetry--I doubt that. We just have to estab...

Don't Like Poetry? Betcha Do

...don't forget all those Valentine's rhymes!

You say you don't like poetry--I doubt that. We just have to establish what we mean by poetry.

Yes, you enjoyed a movie that is all poetry.

That come-on line is nothing but poetry.

Romeo + Juliet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_%2B_Juliet

The Cat in the Hat--even my name is poetry.

You can't say you never liked Dr. Seuss--what's that--you forgot it was poetry?

The Cat in the Hat

http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780394800011

Betting you have quoted poetry, though maybe not all at once.

Tis better to have loved and lost/Than never to have loved at all Tennyson To err is human; to forgive, divine Alexander Pope A thing of beauty is a joy forever Keats And miles to go before I sleep Robert Frost Hope springs eternal in the human breast Alexander Pope To be or not to be: that is the question Shakespeare I know why the caged bird sings Maya Angelou O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo Shakespeare...there's no joy in Mudville, the mighty Casey has struck out. Thayer

You probably chuckled at the Limerick about the girl from Venus, but I won't print that since this is a family edublog. But this poem might make you smile, especially noting the poet.

The marriage of poor Kim Kardashian
Was krushed like a kar in a krashian.
Her Kris kried, "Not fair!
Why kan't I keep my share?"
But Kardashian fell klean outa fashian.
—Salman Rushdie

Maybe you didn't realize you were accessing poetry during spiritual moments. The Psalms are poems, like the most quoted Psalm 23.

Lena Moore Psalm 23 Quilt ca. 1930 Collection of Janet M. Green "Talking Quilts" American Folk Art Museum

Remember when you were in ninth grade and you kind of liked that wild story with the Greek guy and all the monsters like the Cyclops and the crazy-haired Medusa?

That was poetry, thanks to Homer, not Simpson. The Odyssey by Homer.

Cyclops AKA Claymation

Achilles AKA Brad Pitt.

And don't forget Achilles, not the heel. The Illiad (and the story of Troy) was a poem, too.

Speaking of Homer Simpson, here is my last evidentiary item. You enjoyed "The Raven: the Simpson's Version." I know you did. Though they did a really Poe job of it. (Ha, English major joke.)

The Raven: The Simpsons Version

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=251203

Poetry...you like poetry. Told ya so.

The Raven:The Simpsons Version [117,615 views]

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The Raven:The Simpsons Version [117,615 views]

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 3/31/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 3/31/15: 5 Great Videos for Clarity about Blended Learning and Its Power http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/1888-blended-learning-a...

Educational Links 3/31/15

5 Great Videos for Clarity about Blended Learning and Its Power

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/1888-blended-learning-and-its-power

Two Very Good Apps to Enhance Students

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/two-very-good-apps-to-enhance-students.html

How to figure out what’s “good enough” and be satisfied with it

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/blog

New Teachers: How to Use Classroom Data to Inform Instruction

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teachers-how-use-data-inform-instruction-rebecca-alber?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Three Awesome Educational Games Hiding in Plain Sight

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/03/30/three-awesome-educational-games-hiding-in-plain-sight/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Research-Based? When A Lab Is Not A Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/research-based-when-a-lab-is-not-a-classroom/

My Greatest Fear As A Teacher Is Coming True

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2015/03/greatest-fear-teacher-coming-true/

Lawmakers Call For Tougher Truancy Penalties For Special Ed

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/03/30/lawmakers-truancy-penalties/20169/

9 Surprising Facts About Learning and Attention Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/getting-started/what-you-need-to-know/9-surprising-facts-about-learning-and-attention-issues

MzTeachuh: Women's History Month: Patsy Mink

MzTeachuh: Women's History Month: Patsy Mink: Patsy Mink was born and raised in Hawaii, the island of Maui. Her grandfather emigrated from Japan, making her the sansei generation (...

Women's History Month: Patsy Mink

Patsy Mink was born and raised in Hawaii, the island of Maui. Her grandfather emigrated from Japan, making her the sansei generation (first generaton is nisei.) In Hawaii, maybe even more than the 'Mainland,' your status due to race and ethnicity is very upfront. But that hindered Patsy Mink not at all.

As a teen in Maui, she was student body president--the first girl, an Asian American, winning just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She learned how to build coalitions then, and continued for decades in Hawaii and the U.S. Congress. She boldly stood for equally for all, no matter of race, ethnicity, or gender. She was amazing. Maybe her years at the girls' school in Maui, Maunaolu Seminary, was the confidence-creator. Her family hugely believed in her, too.

Her political career contributed much to education and civil rights.

Check out her story, how much can a girl accomplish!

Patsy Mink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Mink

American National Biography Online: Mink, Patsy

http://www.anb.org/articles/07/07-00812.html

Maybe vote for Patsy to be on the $20 bill instead of Jackson.
Women on the 20s
http://www.womenon20s.org/

Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation
FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN AND CHILDREN

http://www.patsyminkfoundation.org/

Hawaii's Patsy Mink Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/hawaiis-patsy-mink-honored-presidential-medal-freedom-n248951

Documentary: Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

http://www.aheadofthemajority.com/