Educational Links 5/18/15

Free Is Good

Open educational resources are free digital materials you can use with your students. Here are some ways to find them.

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/free-good-bethany-rayl?maxWidth=80%25&maxHeight=80%25&inline=true&title=%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22credit%22%3E%C2%A9%20Shutterstock.com/Macrovector%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22caption%22%3E%3C/div%3E#picture-colorbox-hi9BMReby4

For Families With Special Needs, Vouchers Bring Choices, Not Guarantees

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/17/527938057/for-families-with-special-needs-vouchers-bring-choices-not-guarantees?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education

TEN APPS TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP WRITING SKILLS

http://www.theedadvocate.org/ten-apps-help-students-develop-writing-skills/

Districts turn to mobile apps and social media to engage parents, survey says

http://edscoop.com/districts-turn-to-mobile-apps-and-social-media-to-engage-parents-survey-says

Compliance is Not the End Goal of Education

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7357

70,000 Students With Disabilities Secluded, Restrained in School

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/17/70000-students-with-disabilities-secluded-restrained-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29

Cracking the teacher recruitment and retention codehttps://www.teachingquality.org/content/blogs/justin-minkel/cracking-teacher-recruitment-and-retention-code

The reasons the teachers I work with have chosen to stay at such a high-poverty school have everything to do with these abstract “working conditions” that aren’t as easy to quantify as criteria like class size, salary, or benefits. Deeply felt at a visceral level, these factors include respect, support, professional autonomy, opportunities to innovate, and the chance to collaborate with like-minded colleagues.