Educational Links 8/3/16

9 Things Science Tells Us About How Kids Learn to Read and Think Critically

https://www.the74million.org/flashcard/9-things-science-tells-us-about-how-kids-learn-to-read-and-think-critically/1 

Early Literacy Push in Philadelphia Seeks to Put Down Deep, Diverse Roots

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/07/early_literacy_effort_philadelphia_DNC.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

The Difference Between Dyslexia and Dyscalculia 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/the-difference-between-dyslexia-and-dyscalculia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Stop the Blame Game: Teaching Students to Take Ownership and Responsibility

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/07/29/stop-the-blame-game-teaching-students-to-take-ownership-and-responsibility 

Back-to-School Resources for Parents

http://www.edutopia.org/article/back-to-school-resources-parents 

What Is Working Memory?

http://childmind.org/article/what-is-working-memory/ 

New research from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that actively working to reduce relational aggression among girls benefits everyone in the school.
Relational aggression, referred to by The Science Blog as “mean girl behaviors,” is the most common type of aggression among girls and involves using gossip and social exclusion rather than physical altercation to “manipulate social standing or reputations.”