Educational Links 8/29/18

Dyslexia is the No. 1 learning disability. Here's how to address it in the schools.

http://nie.post-dispatch.com/news/dyslexia-is-the-no-1-learning-disability-heres-how-to-address-it-in-the-schools

I Reacted Rashly Because I Did Not Want to Look Weak

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/my-bad/4300-i-reacted-rashly-because-i-did-not-want-to-look-weak

NEW STUDIES CONFIRM PREVIOUS ONES – ABILITY GROUPING CAN HURT, NOT HELP

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/08/28/new-studies-confirm-previous-ones-ability-grouping-can-hurt-not-help/

The best time to teach students how to cope with trauma? When there isn’t any

https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-the-best-time-to-teach-students-how-to-cope-with-trauma-when-there-isnt-any/

Gates Foundation's new school initiative awards big grants to California nonprofits

https://edsource.org/2018/gates-foundations-new-school-initiative-awards-big-grants-to-california-nonprofits/601664

A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens

https://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10

The Ultimate List: 50 Strategies For Differentiated Instruction

https://wegrowteachers.com/ultimate-list-50-strategies-differentiated-instruction/

Most PD doesn't meet federal criteria

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-most-pd-doesnt-meet-federal-criteria/528681/

Under the new federal definition, professional learning must be “sustained, intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, data-driven, and classroom-focused.”
However, the study concluded that only 13% of professional learning met the standard for sustained, only 9% met the definition of collaborative, 63% was job-embedded, only 8% was truly data-driven, 85% was classroom-focused, and the average length of time spent on “intensive” professional development was only 4.25 hours.