Educational Links 4/18/18

Unstructured play is critical for kids + their brain development—so set them free?

https://www.mother.ly/child/how-unstructured-play-is-actually-so-important-for-brain-development

Teaching the Whole Child Means Addressing Physical Development Too!

http://www.raepica.com/2018/04/physical-development-and-the-whole-child/

The four challenges every teacher faces in the workplace – and how to overcome them

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/four-challenges-every-teacher-faces-workplace-and-how-overcome-them

TEACHER VOICE: ‘As a young black male, I wish I’d had more teachers who looked like me’

http://hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-as-a-young-black-male-i-wish-id-had-more-teachers-who-looked-like-me/

Paid summer breaks and other common myths about teachers

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/us/teacher-pay-myth-misconception/index.html

My Top 20 Tech Tips for Teachers!

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/top-20-tech-tips-for-teachers/

New Rules Let Ed Department Ignore Disability-Related Complaints

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/04/02/new-ignore-disability-complaints/24924/

Under a new set of guidelines that went into effect March 5, the Office for Civil Rights can now dismiss reports if “a complaint is a continuation of a pattern of complaints previously filed with OCR by an individual or group against multiple recipients, or a complaint is filed for the first time … that places an unreasonable burden on OCR’s resources.”