Educational Links 1/20/19

Accommodating Students With Dyslexia

https://www.edutopia.org/article/accommodating-students-dyslexia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

A Growth Mindset May Counteract Effects of Poverty on Achievement, Study Says

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2016/07/a_growth_mindset_may_counteract_effects_of_poverty_on_achievement.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR1G5nrn3tpo-6W0a53OAuBQEl17PBDDjYDc_pHJHVQlXTE76IrfP4uvqew

6 New Apps for Young Kids With Learning and Attention Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/finding-an-assistive-technology/6-new-apps-for-young-kids-with-learning-and-attention-issues?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR1CaRJCijCbDZXq31LfcwmT9lzrJH6hIVYwYmmi8uGrkZihcWIQLOr8tDg

 Improving student achievement through choice

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/01/18/improving-student-achievement-through-choice/

FIVE MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE WEEK

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/01/18/five-most-popular-posts-of-the-week-219/?fbclid=IwAR11F7hkeQ_LDCKeollKSOIWfLyceHT17OcixCE9umoPJKIGW09SGBzXQI4

Ed. Dept. Pushes to Reduce 'Inappropriate' Restraint, Seclusion in Special Education

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2019/01/education_department_launches_restraint_seclusion_reduction_effort.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR33CxS3SseADR9x5UcyoxpcTyr7BUuzc3D4L3h1CqGTW_p_ueu9Nq3DySc

The Education Department's offices for civil rights and for special education and rehabilitative services are teaming up to "address the inappropriate use of restraint and seclusion" on students with disabilities. 

The agencies on Thursday outlined three areas that they will focus on: conducting compliance reviews of school districts, providing resources on legalities and on interventions that could "reduce the need for less effective and potentially dangerous practices"; and on improving data collection on the use of restraint and seclusion.