Educational Links 9/24/17

Can Teaching Civics Save Democracy?

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/22/552665068/can-teaching-civics-save-democracy

The dangers of sweating the small stuff in the classroom

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/dangers-sweating-small-stuff-classroom?utm_content=buffera6ba4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

An 8-Year-Old Bullied For Her Love of Bugs Just Got Her First Scientific Publication

http://www.sciencealert.com/an-8-year-old-bullied-for-her-love-of-bugs-just-got-her-first-scientific-publication

Hey, Mainstream Teachers, You Need to Read My Child's IEP

https://themighty.com/2017/09/mainstream-teachers-read-iep/

A Simple Tool for Fostering Growth Mindset

https://www.edutopia.org/article/simple-tool-fostering-growth-mindset?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Forcing Young Kids to Say "I'm Sorry"

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/4498-forcing-young-kids-to-say-i-am-sorry

The ‘No’ in ‘Innovate’

https://www.edutopia.org/article/no-innovate

This may seem counterintuitive, but not if you talk to teachers or administrators who are dealing with initiative fatigue. Ask those educators to list the number of programs that are promoted in August and then completely forgotten by October—year after year after year.