Educational Links 5/16/18

What the Teacher Strikes Can Teach Students About the History of the Labor Movement

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51193/what-the-teacher-strikes-can-teach-students-about-the-history-of-the-labor-movement?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

The Case for Holding Students Accountable

http://educationnext.org/case-for-holding-students-accountable-how-extrinsic-motivation-gets-kids-work-harder-learn-more/

Funding the Interactive Classroom

http://blog.mimio.com/funding-the-interactive-classroom

Playlists: A Path to Personalizing Learning

https://catlintucker.com/2018/05/playlists/

SOWN TO GROW: NURTURING A GROWTH MINDSET THROUGH REFLECTION

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/sown-to-grow-nurturing-a-growth-mindset-through-reflection/

Should Reading Be Taught Whole Class or Small Group?

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/should-reading-be-taught-whole-class-or-small-group?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

The 8 Most Atrocious Myths About Inclusive Education

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/inclusive-education-myths/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

When it was passed in 1975, what is now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act became the most sweeping legislation in the history of United States education.  No law, before or since, did more to change the landscape of our schools.

Four decades ago, there was a virtual system of educational apartheid.  Today, 94.92% of students with disabilities, ages 6-21, attend their local neighborhood schools, 80.87% spending part or all of the day in a general education setting.  Most (61.08%) are included in “regular” classrooms for 80-100% of the school day