Educational Links 5/20/16

The invisible tax on teachers of color

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-invisible-tax-on-black-teachers/2016/05/15/6b7bea06-16f7-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html 

How to Raise Concerns about a Child’s Speech and Language Development: Do’s and Don’ts

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/toddler/Pages/How-to-Raise-Concerns-about-Childs-Speech-Language-Development.aspx 

8 Parent-Teacher Communication Guidelines To Try Now

http://www.education.com/blog/teachers/parent-teacher-communication-guidelines/ 

Share of High-Poverty, Racially Isolated Schools Rising, GAO Report Says

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/05/high_poverty_racially_isolated_schools_GAO.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Read It Again, Please! The Benefits of Repeated Read Alouds.

http://www.cli.org/blog/benefits-of-repeated-read-alouds/ 

Portfolios hold new promise for schools

http://www.districtadministration.com/article/portfolio-promise 

5 Ways To Use Social Media in the Classroom

http://gettingsmart.com/2016/05/5-ways-social-media-classroom/

 One of the most important parts of an educator’s job is to prepare students for the real world. So while you obviously can’t take them on field trips every day, you can still provide them with similar access through a virtual medium.