Educational Links 11/23/18

4 Skills and Traits Great Schools Teach That Will Always be Essential

https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/8641

Too Few Schoolwork Assignments Offer Students Choice, Relevance, Study Finds

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2018/11/student_choice_relevancy_may_b.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR3gSzGdXay2h5rNB5-u5VNDveSt3ituIVRnH4-Ng4Lj13rRZrcHY6BxfCE

Making Those Dreaded, Stressful, Parent Phone Calls

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/teachers-aid/4853-making-those-dreaded-stressful-parent-phone-calls

3 Tips for Substitute Teachers on How to Earn Respect

https://m2.wgu.edu/heyteach/3-tips-for-substitute-teachers-on-how-to-earn-respect?fbclid=IwAR0TRtRc5Jk-leawfZY440wMcv-dH_Mk4rAOb82rJph25_Cm2shKD8SOhbM

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Basics

https://childmind.org/guide/obsessive-compulsive-disorders/?fbclid=IwAR0pck1oHbXm4PLAV_L9oN-O7AJRUrcTtEL1EOZlE2c100XwuUeR_8oUHLo

Passport to Tolerance

https://www.edutopia.org/article/passport-tolerance?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

Kid-Tracking Sensors May Not Be the Wildest Thing About This Montessori Model

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-11-20-kid-tracking-sensors-may-not-be-the-wildest-thing-about-this-montessori-model

Operating in storefronts, school footprints are too small to include outdoor spaces, which are encouraged in Montessori schools, so classes use local parks instead. This intentional approach is designed to reflect what kids might do with their time away from school anyway, like playing outside or going apple picking. “It feels more like some cross between homeschooling and regular institutional schooling,” Kramer says. “It feels like you don't have to step so far from reality to our school.”