Educational Links 3/6/16

Teachers Are... 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/what-are-teachers 

Free Nonfiction Reading Lessons K-2 Interactive Activities and Teaching Guides

http://www.weareteachers.com/lessons-resources/superkids-free-nonfiction-reading-lessons?utm_campaign=Superkids-2016&utm_medium=FB&utm_source=Social&utm_content=1455046846 

Why the Common Core Will Be Declared a Failure

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/top_performers/2016/03/why_the_common_core_will_be_declared_a_failure_and_why_that_will_be_dead_wrong.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Understanding Attention Deficit: The New ADHD

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/28/slide-1.html 

An individualized approach to training special ed teachers 

http://www.educationdive.com/news/an-individualized-approach-to-training-special-ed-teachers/413180/ 

Oakland District at Heart of Drive to Transform Urban Schools

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/education/oakland-district-at-heart-of-drive-to-transform-urban-schools.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur 

Google Science Fair Open Now Until May 17th

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/03/04/google-science-fair-open-now-until-may-17th/ 

Raising Compassionate Kids

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/why-the-wild-things-are/201602/raising-compassionate-kids 

The Biggest Hole in STEM Pipeline Starts Before Kindergarten

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-29/the-biggest-hole-in-stem-pipeline-starts-before-kindergarten 

It’s a well-established problem that too few blacks and Hispanics, and too few women of all colors, pursue degrees and careers in the sciences. And much research has gone into why minority students aren’t taking as many science classes in high school, and later in college, as their white counterparts do. Wonks call it the “leaky STEM pipeline,” referring to all the students who leave science, technology, engineering and math as they progress through their educational careers.
But a new study indicates that the STEM pipeline might have a giant hole in it far earlier than many of us ever thought: before kindergarten.