Educational Links 4/23/17

25 Education Leaders to Learn from Today

http://www.edutechchick.com/25-education-leaders-to-learn-from-today/

What does assessment without testing look like?

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/04/05/assessment-without-testing/

There’s an emotional side of edtech—and it’s affecting school innovation

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/04/05/emotional-side-edtech-innovation/

Brain-Based Strategies to Reduce Test Stress

https://www.edutopia.org/article/brain-based-strategies-reduce-test-stress-judy-willis

A Chance to Raise the Bar for Special Education

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/04/11/a-chance-to-raise-the-bar-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29

Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/dyslexia?utm_campaign=fl_april_2017&utm_medium=futurelearn_

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Helping Students Find Their Writer’s Voice

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/helping-students-find-their-writers-voice-john-mccarthy

How do authors draw us in with their prose? What does an article or book do that makes us nod along, laugh out loud, or shout, “What?” Used well, a writer’s words can speak inside us. How do we develop a student writer’s voice so they can have the same effect on their readers?