Educational Links 3/2/2021

 

A Better Breakout Room Experience for Students

https://www.edutopia.org/article/better-breakout-room-experience-students

New bills would require full federal funding of special education

https://edsource.org/news-updates#new-bills-would-require-full-federal-funding-of-special-education

Which Solutions Will Power the Transformation of Teaching and Learning?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-03-01-which-solutions-will-power-the-transformation-of-teaching-and-learning

Ed Dept: States must assess students, but with flexibilities

https://www.k12dive.com/news/ed-dept-states-must-assess-students-but-with-flexibilities/595529/

Women’s History Month: Resources for Teachers

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-activities/2020/03/womens-history-month-resources-for-teachers/

What Happens When Our Kids Lose Track of Time — for a Full Year

https://www.additudemag.com/lose-track-of-time-adhd-children/

Remote Learning Makes Time Management Even Harder

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-remote-learning-makes-time-management-even-harder/2021/02

Time management is an important skill, one that most of us as teachers would say is essential to academic success in our classes. Yet we often assume it’s a skill unlike others—that students either come to us with it or that they should be able to learn it on their own. This assumption at best leads to frustration and misunderstanding and, at worst, to inaccurate and harmful grading and reporting practices.