Educational Links 6/29/18

Q&A Collections: Race & Gender Challenges

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2018/06/qa_collections_race_gender_challenges.html

Teaching Film as Literature

https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2018/06/12/teaching-film-as-literature/

Google+ Tutorial for Beginners

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

After Supreme Court loss, school-employees unions gird for fight to keep their members

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-california-teachers-unions-janus-20180627-story.html

A Four-Day School Week?

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/06/four-day-school-week

How Do I Know If My Child Has Executive Function Issues?

https://childmind.org/article/child-has-executive-function-issues/

Early school choice deadlines mean affluent parents often get first shot at coveted schools, new study shows

https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2018/06/25/early-school-choice-deadlines-mean-affluent-parents-often-get-first-shot-at-coveted-schools-new-study-shows/

It's Time to Rethink School Schedules, Report Says

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2017/02/report_its_time_to_rethink_sch.html?cmp=soc-fb-promo-school-schedule&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Facebook+Ad

Much of a teacher's day is devoted to instruction, with precious little time set aside for collaborating with colleagues, planning lessons or reflecting on practice, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress.

The authors of "Reimagining the School Day" point out that U.S. educators spend far more time teaching lessons and less time planning them than educators in other top-performing countries.