Educational Links 9/25/21

 

Do Students Have What They Need? One Survey Looks to Answer That Question

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/do-students-have-what-they-need-one-survey-looks-to-answer-that-question/2021/09

Understanding why kids have trouble with focus

https://www.understood.org/articles/en/child-trouble-focusing

Taking an Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Science

https://www.edutopia.org/article/taking-interdisciplinary-approach-environmental-science

CDC: Child obesity jumped during COVID-19 pandemic

https://www.k12dive.com/news/cdc-child-obesity-jumped-during-covid-19-pandemic/607108/

Startup Class Technologies Bets Big on the Future of Online Learning (and Zoom)

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-09-24-startup-class-technologies-bets-big-on-the-future-of-online-learning-and-zoom#_=_

How any educator can create resilience in traumatized students

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/09/24/how-any-educator-can-create-resilience-in-traumatized-students/

Why phonics instruction is not enough for English learners

https://edsource.org/2021/why-phonics-instruction-is-not-enough-for-english-learners/661487

As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words.