Educational Links 4/1/16

The measure of a life 

https://spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/the-measure-of-a-life/ 

How Do You Deal With 'Difficult' Students?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2016/03/how_do_you_deal_with_difficult_students.html 

White teachers and black teachers have different expectations for black students

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/03/31/white-teachers-and-black-teachers-have-different-expectations-for-black-students/

Building Culture: Strategies for Starting 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/culture-of-learning 

Contagious Emotions and Responding to Stress

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/contagious-emotions-responding-to-stress-lori-desautels?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

How I Got Started Using Technology To Assess Student Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/how-i-got-started-using-technology-to-assess-student-learning/ 

Design Thinking, Empathy, And Equity

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/03/29/design-thinking-and-equity/ 

Amidst the discussions about content standards, curriculum and teaching strategies, it’s easy to lose sight of the big goals behind education, like giving students tools to deepen their quantitative and qualitative understanding of the world. Teaching for understanding has always been a challenge, which is why Harvard’s Project Zero has been trying to figure out how great teachers do it.
 Katrina Schwartz