Educational Links 5/5/18

How teachers of all races can better support students of color

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/05/03/how-teachers-of-all-races-can-better-support-students-of-color/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bc903029a85b

What text levels are appropriate for independent reading?

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/what-text-levels-are-appropriate-independent-reading?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

How Work Experience Helps Students Improve Classroom Performance

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/3159-how-work-experience-helps-students-improve-classroom-performance

Private Equity Firm Buys Renaissance Learning—and Buys Back MyON

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-05-04-private-equity-firm-buys-renaissance-learning-and-buys-back-myon

Understanding Ramadan: A Classroom Teacher’s Guide

https://theeducatorsroom.com/understanding-ramadan-a-classroom-teachers-guide/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29

Classroom Management to Become a Caring Teacher

http://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management-become-caring-teacher

How to take charge of your teaching evaluation

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/truth-for-teachers-podcast/how-to-take-charge-of-your-teaching-evaluation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29

Learning Is a Learned Behavior. Here’s How to Get Better at It.

https://hbr.org/2018/05/learning-is-a-learned-behavior-heres-how-to-get-better-at-it

A growing body of research is making it clear that learners are made, not born. Through the deliberate use of practice and dedicated strategies to improve our ability to learn, we can all develop expertise faster and more effectively. In short, we can all get better at getting better.