Educational Links 1/20/16

What Would Accountability Without Standardized Tests Look Like?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/09/18/what-would-accountability-without-standardized-tests-look-like/ 

When Students Won't Do the Reading  

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/when-students-wont-do-reading?utm_content=buffere50fe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=IHEbuffer

7 Math Tools to Energize Advanced Learners

https://www.graphite.org/blog/7-math-tools-to-energize-advanced-learners 

History, Empathy, Systems Thinking, and Gaming

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/history-empathy-systems-thinking-gaming-matthew-farber 

Overcoming Burnout: Why Overwhelmed Is the New Normal and What to Do About It - PART I

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/teachers-aid/2053-overcoming-burnout-why-overwhelmed-is-the-new-normal-and-what-to-do-about-it 

8 ways teachers can talk less and get kids talking more

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2014/09/8-ways-teachers-can-talk-less-get-kids-talking.html 

Response: Manage Classrooms Through 'Positive Relationships'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2016/01/response_manage_classrooms_through_positive_relationships.html 

Classroom observations may hurt teachers more than they help, study says

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/01/19/classroom-observations-may-hurt-teachers-more-than-they-help-study-says/ 

“When information about teacher performance does not reflect a teacher’s practice, but rather the students to whom the teacher is assigned, such systems are at risk of misidentifying and mislabeling teacher performance,” Steinberg and Garrett wrote.

 By Laura Devaney