Educational Links 7/16/18

I Thought My Job Was to Support Students, Not Teachers

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/my-bad/4779-i-though-my-job-was-to-support-students-not-teachers

Sparking Curiosity About STEM

https://www.edutopia.org/article/sparking-curiosity-about-stem?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Dysgraphia Accommodations In The Classroom

https://veroniiiica.com/2017/11/13/dysgraphia-accommodations-in-the-classroom/

Becoming a Connected Educator with Twitter

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2018/07/13/connected-educator-with-twitter/

These Creative Writing Prompts Will Make Your Students Love Writing Again

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/creative-writing-prompts?utm_content=73110232&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

New Resources For Teaching About Refugees

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/07/15/new-resources-for-teaching-about-refugees/

U.S. Court: Detroit students have no right to access to literacy

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1441644043303616609#overviewstats

Students in Detroit Are Suing the State Because They Weren’t Taught to Read

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/07/no-right-become-literate/564545/

The fact that a suit like Gary B. v. Snyder was even filed says a lot about the state of education in the United States today. The case is indicative of a new chapter in American education in which advocates, frustrated with persistent achievement gaps and glaring disparities in school quality despite efforts to combat those problems, are resorting to unconventional means to bring about change. Similar to the recent wave of teachers’ strikes , the lawyers behind Gary B. v. Snyder seek to interrupt what the plaintiffs and their supporters argue is a status quo of educational unfairness not only in Detroit, but also across the country.