Educational Links 9/6/17

Americans Have Given Up on Public Schools. That’s a Mistake.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-war-on-public-schools/537903/?utm_source=eb

Explore Wide Range of Curated Games, Videos and More

http://www.techlearning.com/app-of-the-day/0011/powermylearning/70753

Are Sensory Processing Issues a Learning Disability?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/sensory-processing-issues/are-sensory-processing-issues-a-learning-disability?utm_source=fbshare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Coaching the Novice Teacher

https://www.edutopia.org/article/coaching-novice-teacher?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

How the Google Suite Can Enhance Open-Ended Math Exploration

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/09/04/how-the-google-suite-can-enhance-open-ended-math-exploration/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Building Culture: Strategies for Starting

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/culture-of-learning

When Controversy Hits Your Community

https://www.edutopia.org/article/when-controversy-hits-your-community?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

The answer to the question, “How do we respond to a tragedy in our community?” lies in the work we have done before tragedy strikes. This will be true for every school. If children are prized, if their needs lie at the center of every decision, if they have true voice, true agency, and true power over their own environment, you will have a learning community that is resilient and able to emotionally support itself.