Educational Links 5/4/16

Creativity: A Choice, a Gift, and a Mission

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creativity-choice-gift-and-mission-karine-veldhoen 

Angela Duckworth: To Grow Students' Grit, Balance Challenges With Support

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2016/05/angela_duckworth_to_grow_students_grit_balance_challenges_with_support.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Empathy Makes a Difference

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2016/05/empathy-makes-a-difference/ 

What Parents Need to Know About Technology Addiction

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/what-parents-need-to-know-about-technology-addiction?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=csm&utm_campaign=addiction 

A Growth Mindset Fuels Creativity in Youth

http://www.rootsofaction.com/growth-mindset-fuels-creativity/ 

15 Simple Tips To Keep Your Sanity During Testing

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/15-ideas-ways-to-make-testing-fun-keep-sanity/ 

In Wealthier School Districts, Students Are Farther Apart

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/05/in-wealthier-school-districts-students-are-farther-apart/481041/ 

Some of the wealthiest, most-educated towns in the United States have the biggest academic-achievement gaps between white students and their peers of color. That is one of the depressing facts emerging from a wide-ranging new analysis of more than 200 million test scores of 40 million students from around the country between 2009 and 2013 by Stanford University researchers.