Educational Links 7/2/16

Identifying Learning Disabilities

http://www.additudemag.com/q&a/ask_the_add_medical_expert/1271.html 

Doing More With Less: PD, Resources, and Ownership

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/more-with-less-pd-resources-ownership-adam-bellow 

Why I Won't Apologize (Much) for Teaching In a Charter School

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/06/30/why-i-won't-apologize-(much)-for-teaching-in-a-charter-school 

Are You Up for the No Grades Challenge?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2016/06/are_you_up_for_the_no_grades_c.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

A New Argument for More Diverse Classrooms 

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/a-new-argument-for-more-diverse-classrooms/489707/ 

Encouraging Students to Persist Through Challenges 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/persist-through-challenges-perts 

 How Does a Child With Executive Functioning Issues Think Differently? 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/how-does-a-child-with-executive-functioning-issues-think-differently?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

It’s also important to note that children with executive functioning issues don’t necessarily “think” differently. What they struggle with is the process of coordinating, prioritizing or managing information needed to perform tasks successfully.