Educational Links 7/14/15

A Beginning Resource Collection On Pokemon Go & Education

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/07/13/a-beginning-resource-collection-on-pokemon-go-education/ 

Study: Give Weak Teachers Good Lesson Plans, Not Professional Development

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/07/study_give_teachers_lesson_plans_not_professional_development.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

How I Changed My Teaching Once I Learned How Students' Brains Work

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/hooked-captivating-students/3194-how-i-changed-my-teaching-once-i-learned-how-students-brain-s-work 

What Do We Invest In The Country's Youngest? Little To Nothing

http://hechingerreport.org/what-do-we-invest-in-the-countrys-youngest-little-to-nothing/ 

In the Age of 'No-Excuses' Schools: A Case for Compassion and Better Social-Emotional Learning

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-07-13-in-the-age-of-no-excuses-schools-a-case-for-compassion-and-better-social-emotional-learning-strategies?utm_content=buffercab1a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Writing Skills: What to Expect at Different Ages

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms/age-by-age-learning-skills/writing-skills-what-to-expect-at-different-ages?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Signing ESSA into law was only the beginning 

http://www.educationdive.com/news/signing-essa-into-law-was-only-the-beginning/421311/ 

Overall, ESSA has been hailed for its shift of power back to states following more than a decade of tight federal control over district-level policy. With this power, however, comes great responsibility for local education agencies.