Educational Links 6/25/18

Google+ Tutorial for Beginners

http://www.roundpulse.com/google-tutorial-for-beginners/

Google Tutorials

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/google-tools-tutorials.html#.WzBdBegvzGI

The Gates Effective Teaching Initiative Fails to Improve Student Outcomes

http://educationnext.org/gates-effective-teaching-initiative-fails-improve-student-outcomes/

Understanding the Janus Decision

https://dianeravitch.net/2018/06/24/understanding-the-janus-decision/

Study Affirms Prospect Of Autism Blood Test

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/06/22/study-affirms-autism-blood/25224/

June’s Most Popular Posts

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/24/junes-most-popular-posts-3/

4 Ways to Analyze Theme

https://www.thedaringenglishteacher.com/2018/06/4-ways-to-analyze-theme.html

Kids Can’t Wait: Strategies to Support Struggling Readers

http://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/educators/instruction/kids-cant-wait-strategies-to-support-struggling-readers/

Immediately employing accommodations makes sense for many reasons.  First, evaluations take time to schedule and complete.  Why waste time waiting to have suspicions confirmed before helping a student?  Secondly, there are those untidy problems of cost and access.  Testing and evaluations are expensive and for many an unobtainable luxury.  For a variety of reasons, public schools can be stingy with these resources, and many independent schools wrongly assume that parents can afford this expense on top of the cost of the school’s tuition.  Consequently, many students who need the help that an evaluation can provide are denied it.