Educational Links 11/5/16

How To Deal With Digital Distractions

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/education/edlife/how-to-deal-with-digital-distractions.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation&action=click&contentCollection=education&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=1&WT.mc_id=SmartBriefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=smartbriefsnl 

The Burden On Black Teachers: 'I Don't Belong At Your Table'

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/04/500247228/the-burden-on-black-teachers-i-dont-belong-at-your-table 

Classic teacher phrases for parents' evening

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/friday-five-classic-teacher-phrases-parents-evening 

How to Achieve a Student-Driven Classroom

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/1646-tips-for-teachers-how-to-achieve-a-student-driven-classroom?utm_content=buffered68f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Middle School Suicides Reach An All-Time High

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/04/500659746/middle-school-suicides-reach-an-all-time-high 

Unleashing Student Talent: Powerful Learning First, Tech Second

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/every-classroom-matters/4121-unleashing-student-talent-powerful-learning-first-tech-second 

Schools That Work

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/opinion/sunday/schools-that-work.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0 

The latest batch of evidence about this approach is among the most rigorous. Professors at M.I.T., Columbia, Michigan and Berkeley have tracked thousands of charter-school applicants, through high school and beyond, in Boston, where most charters fit the “high expectations, high support” model.