Educational Links 3/17/17

How Socioeconomic Diversity In Schools Helps All Students

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/03/16/how-socioeconomic-diversity-in-schools-helps-all-students/

Stop Hoping for Better Students and Focus on Better Teaching in Your Classroom

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/stop-hoping-for-better-students-and-focus-on-better-teaching-in-your-classroom

EQUITY VS. EQUALITY IN THE CLASSROOM

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/equity-versus-equality-in-the-classroom/?utm_content=buffer1f61d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

California's new K-12 school performance dashboard misses the mark, critics say

http://edscoop.com/californias-new-k-12-school-performance-dashboard-earns-poor-marks

Helping Students Become Better Writers Through Brainstorming

http://blog.mimio.com/helping-students-become-better-writers-through-brainstorming

Updating an Age-Old Class Activity

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/updating-age-old-class-activity-rebecca-alber

Why Aren't More Charter Schools Opening?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/charterschoice/2017/03/why_arent_more_charter_schools_opening.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

The number of new charter schools plummeted in the 2015-16 school year, with 329 new charters setting up shop, compared to nearly twice that many—640—that opened just four years earlier.

Why have the numbers of new charter schools dropped off so sharply in recent years, even as student enrollment in charters (now more than 3 million children according to some estimates) continues to increase year over year?