Educational Links 11/19/16

Learning Disability Signs & Symptoms

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms

How Workable is Trump's $20 Billion School Choice Proposal? 

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/11/trump_20_billion_school_choice_plan.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

“How Do I Better Handle Student Discipline Chats with Parents?”

http://www.schoolleadersnow.com/student-discipline/ 

Study Points to Need for Diversity Training in Teacher Prep

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2016/11/a_new_study_highlights_the_nee.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Building A Tinkering Mindset In Young Students Through Making

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/11/18/building-a-tinkering-mindset-in-young-students-through-making/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Motivating Struggling Adolescent Readers: Try Relevance and Success

http://www.techlearning.com/events/0004/motivating-struggling-adolescent-readers-try-relevance-and-success/70273 

What is a growth mindset?

https://www.teachingchannel.org/growth-mindset 

 “People with a fixed mindset believe intelligence is innate. This belief can make school a threatening place. It becomes a place to go to learn how smart you are — or how smart you’re not. People with a growth mindset, on the other hand, believe intelligence can be developed. For these students, school can be an exciting place, as it provides them with an opportunity to learn and develop their intelligence.”