Educational Links 7/30/17

Is Digital Equity the Civil Rights Issue of the Day?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_futures/2017/07/is_digital_equity_the_civil_rights_issue_of_the_day.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

From Skyhook To STEM: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Brings The Science

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/07/27/from-skyhook-to-stem-kareem-abdul-jabbar-brings-the-science/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Signs a Child Might Have Auditory Processing Disorder

https://childmind.org/article/signs-a-child-might-have-auditory-processing-disorder/

Why placing students in difficult high school classes may increase college enrollment

http://hechingerreport.org/placing-students-difficult-high-school-classes-may-increase-college-enrollment/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=bufferd6004

What Effective Principals Do

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/effective-principals/?utm_content=buffer7b0d8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

7 WAYS A GOOD TEACHER BRINGS JOY INTO THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/7-ways-a-good-teacher-brings-joy-into-the-inclusive-classroom/

Viewing the Eclipse of 2017

http://momvoyage.hilton.com/articles/viewing-total-solar-eclipse-2017/

Class size matters a lot, research shows

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/02/24/class-size-matters-a-lot-research-shows/?utm_term=.6d2239969d0b

Every now and then someone in education policy (Arne Duncan) or education philanthropy (Bill Gates) or the media (Malcolm Gladwell) will say something about why class size isn’t really very important because a great teacher can handle a boatload of kids.

Not really.