Educational Links 1/5/17

Quality Counts 2017: State Report Cards Map

http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2017/2017-state-education-grades-map.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Every School Is A Think Tank

http://www.teachthought.com/terry-heick/school-design-every-school-is-a-think-tank/?utm_content=bufferc5814&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Discrimination in Gifted Education Must End

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/01/04/discrimination-in-gifted-education-must-end.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb

5 Improv Games for Any Content Area (Except Possibly Math)

https://www.weareteachers.com/improv-games-for-any-content-area/

Make a winning start this term

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/insist-support-your-slt-and-seven-other-ways-make-a-winning-start

Teaching Strategies: Build Solid Relationships with Students

arts integrationhttp://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies-build-solid-relationships-students

Make Arts Education Standard

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/01/make-arts-education-standard.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Arts education has been shown to improve student performance across the disciplines as well as to have a positive effect on other indicators like family involvement, absenteeism, and school culture and climate.