Educational Links 8/26/17

Choosing Your Blended Learning Model

https://www.edelements.com/blog/choosing-your-blended-learning-model

Oldest Kids in Class Do Better, Even through College

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/08/oldest-kids-in-class-do-better-even.html

Treatment Options for Dysgraphia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/treatment-options/treatment-options-for-dysgraphia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Welcoming Families From Day One

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/08/welcoming-families-day-one

50 Dynamic Writing Activities for All Kids

https://www.middleweb.com/35631/50-dynamic-writing-activities-for-all-kids/

Can You Really ‘Outgrow’ ADHD?

https://www.additudemag.com/can-children-really-outgrow-adhd/

Districts Turn to Emergency Measures for Hard-to-Staff Teaching Posts

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/08/23/districts-turn-to-emergency-measures-for-hard-to-staff.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Across the country, school districts are trying new tactics to avoid starting this school year with an empty teacher's desk, with some going so far as to hire parents to staff empty classrooms.

Many districts have reported trouble filling certain positions, particularly in traditional shortage areas like special education, math, science, and foreign-language instruction. That is, of course, a perennial issue: Most states have reported shortage areas for years, if not decades.