Educational Links 1/12/17

Personalized Learning and Common Core: Mortal Enemies?

http://hechingerreport.org/personalized-learning-common-core-mortal-enemies/

EdNext Podcast: What to Expect from Betsy DeVos’s Confirmation Hearing

http://educationnext.org/ednext-podcast-what-to-expect-from-betsy-devoss-confirmation-hearing/

Learner-driven learning

http://www.smartbrief.com/original/2017/01/learner-driven-learning-part-2

Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to Youhttps://mic.com/articles/108022/science-just-discovered-something-amazing-about-what-childhood-piano-lessons-did-to-you#.l9A6E5jYC

STEM Guide for Teachers

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/stem-guide-for-teachers

Special Education at the Supreme Court: 7 Things to Know About Wednesday’s Endrew F. Case

https://www.the74million.org/article/special-education-at-the-high-court-7-things-you-need-to-know

5 Benefits of Inclusion Classrooms

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/evaluations/choosing-not-to-have-child-evaluated/5-benefits-of-inclusion-classrooms

If your child is struggling in school, you might ask if he can be placed in an inclusion classroom. In an inclusion classroom, a general education teacher and a special education teacher work together to meet the needs of students.