Educational Links 9/24/16

Frisbee? Oh yeah, let's go place Frisbee!

Making the Case for Outdoor Play

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/making-the-case-for-outdoor-play 

Resources for National Bullying Prevention Month

http://www.educationworld.com/blog/october-national-bullying-prevention-month-resource-use-kids 

Study Highlights Importance of Principals in Teacher-Retention Efforts

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2016/09/principals_hold_the_key_to_ret.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Involve students in classroom design  

http://smartbrief.com/original/2016/09/involve-students-classroom-design

Want Adaptive Learning To Work? Encourage Adaptive Teaching. Here’s How

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-09-23-want-adaptive-learning-to-work-encourage-adaptive-teaching-here-s-how?utm_content=bufferee278&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for Executive Functioning Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-executive-functioning-issues?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Is a Child with ADD?ADHD Eligible for Special Education?

Is a Child with ADD/ADHD Eligible for Special Education? - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/elig.add.grades.htm#sthash.a4LrXFC0.dpuf

 http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/elig.add.grades.htm

Why has the topic of teacher quality suddenly reached such a crescendo? Education reform has been on the national agenda since 1983, the year of A Nation at Risk, but only in the last few years has the teacher-quality issue risen to the top. I think it may be reform fatigue, possibly desperation. The teacher is becoming a convenient scapegoat for America’s education reformers, who, after decades of ideas that have not panned out, cling to the belief that the flaw is not in the reform ideas themselves but in their implementation.