Educational Links 8/4/16

How to Make Math More Emotionally Engaging For Students

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/02/how-to-make-math-more-emotionally-engaging-for-students/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Reading Recovery:
What do School Districts Get for Their Money? - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/read.rr.research.farrall.htm#sthash.ItchOf6d.dpuf

Reading Recovery: What Do Districts Get For Their Money? 

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/read.rr.research.farrall.htm 

Why Sugar Is ADHD Kryptonite

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/6552.html 

Our brains use 4 steps to solve math problems — and the discovery might change education

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-brains-solve-math-problems-2016-8 

6 Must-Have Creation Tools for the BYOD

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creation-tools-for-byod-classroom-monica-burns?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Exploring the Maker Mindset and the Maker Movement Manifesto

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/maker-movement/ 

Identifying Minorities in Spec. Ed.: Defining 'Too Many'

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/08/03/identifying-minorities-in-spec-ed-defining-too.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29 

For more than 10 years, the federal government has said that if school districts have too many minority students enrolled in special education, they should use part of their federal money to provide early intervention in an attempt to fix the problem. But how many is “too many”? That’s been left up to the states to decide—and only a tiny fraction of districts have been identified over the years.