Educational Links 10/7/17

 Dealing with Unsupportive Colleagues in the Teaching Profession

http://www.teachhub.com/dealing-unsupportive-colleagues-teaching-profession

A Very Good Collaborative Tool to Enhance Students' Creative Writing

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/10/a-very-good-collaborative-tool-to.html

For Traumatized Children, An Offer Of Help From The Muppets

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/10/06/555363108/for-traumatized-children-an-offer-of-help-from-the-muppets?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education

Tips for Addressing Social Loafing in Group Projects

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/tips-addressing-loafing-group-projects/

An Educator's Guide to the Supreme Court's 2017-18 Term

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/10/04/an-educators-guide-to-the-supreme-courts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29

Creating an Effective Book Buddies Program: No More Magical Thinking

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/creating-effective-book-buddies-program-no-more-magical-thinking?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

Study: Special Educators Accept Wide Swings in Special Education Enrollment

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/10/special_educators_accept_wide.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29

Despite wide variation in the percentage of students enrolled in special education, a majority of teachers, principals and special administrators in a given state feel that the classification rates are largely on target, says a new report from Frontline Learning and Research Institute.