Educational Links 1/17/16

Literacy

Find and share strategies for helping students read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word.

https://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/literacy

How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By 'Individual Choices'

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/16/509325266/how-the-systemic-segregation-of-schools-is-maintained-by-individual-choices?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170116

Tutoring Kids With Dyslexia: What You Need to Knowliteracy, segr

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/tutors/types-of-tutoring/tutoring-kids-with-dyslexia-what-you-need-to-know?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Homeless Students

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/01/11/homeless-students.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29

Further Arguments About Too Much Testing

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/further-arguments-about-too-much-testing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

The Two Resources Administrators Should Maximize for Personalized Learning Success

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-01-15-the-two-resources-administrators-should-maximize-for-personalized-learning-success

Learning and Attention Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities

What is ADHD?

https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/adhd.html

ADHD is a common behavioral disorder that affects about 10% of school-age children. Boys are about three times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with it, though it's not yet understood why.