Educational Links 2/12/16

4 Things Innovative Schools Have In Common

http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/disruption-innovation/4-things-innovative-schools-have-in-common/ 

Robots in Education: What’s Here and What’s Coming

http://www.edudemic.com/robots-education-whats-coming/ 

Proposed project-based school would rethink traditional learning

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/02/01/missouri-district-hopes-to-open-project-based-school/ 

Is Special Education Paperwork Really a Problem? 

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2016/02/special_education_paperwork_burden.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29 

Students Too Dependent on You? Try This

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3698-students-too-dependent-on-you-try-this 

What’s the Difference Between Executive Functioning Issues and ADHD? 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/difference-between-executive-functioning-issues-and-adhd?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

School Integration’s Comeback

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/breaking-up-school-poverty/462066/ 

 “Researchers have documented that students’ exposure to other students who are different from themselves and the novel ideas and challenges that such exposure brings leads to improved cognitive skills, including critical thinking and problem-solving.”

 The Century Foundation report by Wells, Fox, and Cordova-Cobo