Educational Links 3/4/17

5 examples of personalized learning in action

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/02/16/personalized-learning-action/

How Can We End the Squabbles About Education Standards?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edchat-radio/4278-how-can-we-end-the-squabbles-about-education-standards

Don’t Throw Children Under the School Bus: Medicaid is a Smart Investment in Our Nation’s Children

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/03/dont-throw-children-under-school-bus.html

First STEPs on Rethinking Student Teacher Placement and Training

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/03/dont-throw-children-under-school-bus.html

The Mile High Promise, And Risk, Of School Choice

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/20/515359394/the-mile-high-promise-and-risk-of-school-choice

Do Kids Outgrow Executive Functioning Issues?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/do-kids-outgrow-executive-functioning-issues?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Just What IS A Charter School, Anyway?

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/01/511446388/just-what-is-a-charter-school-anyway

We're all familiar with the term "hidden in plain sight." Well, there may be no better way to describe the nation's 6,900 charter schools.

These publicly-funded, privately-run schools have been around since the first one opened in St. Paul, Minn., in 1992. Today, they enroll about 3.1 million students in 43 states, so you'd think Americans should know quite a bit about them by now. But you'd be wrong.