Educational Links 12/4/2020

Despite Safety Assurances, School Reopenings Are Taking a Serious Toll on Teachers

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-02-despite-safety-assurances-school-reopenings-are-taking-a-serious-toll-on-teachers

A Gradebook, Art, and VR - The Week in Review

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/12/a-gradebook-art-and-vr-week-in-review.html

Culturally responsive teaching: What you need to know

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/what-is-culturally-responsive-teaching?_ul=1*yg7jdn*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

Our Favorite Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas Books for Kids

https://www.weareteachers.com/hanukkah-kwanzaa-christmas-books-for-kids/

Pandemic’s spread in California upends plans for return to school in January — or beyond

https://edsource.org/2020/pandemics-spread-casts-dark-cloud-over-return-to-school-in-january-or-beyond/644429

Report Offers Clearest Picture Yet Of Pandemic's Impact On Student Learning

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57020/report-offers-clearest-picture-yet-of-pandemics-impact-on-student-learning

A New Way to Think About Work-Life Balance 

https://www.edutopia.org/article/new-way-think-about-work-life-balance

A school leader shares how he came to understand that work-life balance looks different for different people—and there’s no need to feel guilty about that.