Educational Links 7/18/16

School Leadership

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/school-leadership 

8 Alternatives to Raising Your Voice With Your Child 

https://www.understood.org/en/family/taking-care-of-yourself/dealing-with-emotions/8-alternatives-to-raising-your-voice-with-your-child?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Innovative Coaching Models 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-coaching-models 

You can now download over 300,000 books from the NYPL for free

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/you-can-now-download-over-300-000-books-from-the-nypl-for-free-071216 

How Writing Down Specific Goals Can Empower Struggling Students

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/10/how-writing-down-specific-goals-can-empower-struggling-students/ 

Do Alternative Treatments for Autism Work?

http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2016/07/11/do-alternative-treatments-for-autism-work/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 

How the education system is making kids stressed and sick

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-17/beautiful-failures-education-making-kids-sick/7589084

There is too much focus on academic outcomes and a very narrow view of success with a one-size-fits-all approach that negates individuality. There is too much testing and too much competition, and too much comparison between kids. The whole system is geared towards achieving better outcomes rather than getting kids to love learning, and consequently there is a hierarchy of pressure, with kids right at the bottom.