Educational Links 6/22/18

3 ways to promote grit via literacy instruction

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/06/18/3-ways-to-promote-grit-via-literacy-instruction/

I Want to Get Better at… Assessment

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2018/06/15/i-want-to-get-better-at-assessment/

Sometimes Growth Is Ugly, Embarrassing, and Hurtful

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/my-bad/4410-sometimes-growth-is-ugly-embarassing

Small-Group Instruction May Be Key to Mastering Early Math, New Study Finds

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2018/06/small-group_instruction_may_be_key_to_mastering_early_math_new_study_suggests.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Ed Department Reconsidering Previously Settled Disability Complaints

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/06/07/ed-reconsidering-complaints/25163/

“Best” Lists Of The Week: Refugees & Immigrants

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/21/best-lists-of-the-week-refugees-immigrants/

Even When Research Supports Changing Traditional Teaching, Parents Make It Hard

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51484/even-when-research-supports-changing-traditional-teaching-parents-make-it-hard?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

This hope around preschool is something you see around the world. In rich and poor countries alike there's a recognition that quality preschool can give children an invaluable start in life. And in the U.S. there's a major push underway to get more children enrolled. But in Accra — and in fact in many fast-growing African cities — they've already achieved that. It's estimated that in Accra by the time children reach age 3, 80 percent of them are in preschool, twice the share in the United States.