Educational Links 5/29/17

New Evidence on Teaching Reading at Frustration Levels

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/new-evidence-teaching-reading-frustration-levels?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

Federal Data Give the Clearest Look Yet at America's Homeless Students

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2017/05/annual_condition_of_education_.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsideSchoolResearch+%28Education+Week%3A+Inside+School+Research%29

Study Tips Backed By Science

http://www.edudemic.com/study-tips-backed-science/

WATCH: Kids Craft Comics To Explore Immigration Fears

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/28/527059265/watch-kids-craft-comics-to-explore-immigration-fears?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education

How the Country’s Largest District is Personalizing Learning for Every Teacher

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-05-28-how-the-country-s-largest-district-is-personalizing-learning-for-every-teacher

Privileging an ideology of individualism

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2017/05/privileging-an-ideology-of-individualism.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29

Is Mindfulness Meditation Good for Kids? Here’s What the Science Actually Says.

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/05/is-mindfulness-meditation-good-for-kids.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Mindfulness is an interesting — and experimental — approach to providing kids with a way to reduce stress. But it’s not a home run.

I think it’s important to research this stuff, but at the same time, I think it’s important to have common sense. Do we as adults and educators in society have a responsibility to teach children to be self-aware? You don’t need a research study answer that question.