Education Counts Tweets of the Day 7/8/14

White House education initiative calls for good teachers at all schools - including poorest

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/07/07/3990541/obama-orders-states-to-move-good.html 

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When Common Core Testing Dies, Let’s Focus On Local AssessmentWhen Common Core Testing Dies, Let’s Focus On Local Assessment

When Common Core Testing Dies, Let’s Focus On Local Assessment

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/assessment/an-alternative-to-common-core-testing-local-assessment/ 

5 Studies On Why Education And Health Are Critical To Improvement

http://www.edudemic.com/education-and-health-studies/ 

What Does It Take To Get Into Harvard? Not What You Might Expect

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/what-does-it-take-to-get-into-harvard-not-what-you-might-expect/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Building Formative Assessment into Game-Based Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/made-with-play-game-based-learning-assessment-video 

Can Free Play Prevent Depression and Anxiety In Kids?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/can-free-play-prevent-depression-and-anxiety-in-kids/ 

Why Morning Routines Are Creativity Killers

http://ideas.time.com/2012/02/01/why-morning-routines-are-creativity-killers/ 

 

 

 

 

 

School and Health Tweets of the Day 4/15/14

1. 5 Studies On Why Education And Health Are Critical To Improvement

http://www.edudemic.com/education-and-health-studies/ 

2. Why are black students being paddled more in the public schools?

http://hechingerreport.org/content/controversy-corporal-punishment-public-schools-painful-racial-subtext_15563/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

3. How Can Principals Encourage and Support Teachers?

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/1115-how-can-principals-encourage-and-support-teachers 

4.  The Teacher’s Guide To Badges In Education

http://www.edudemic.com/guides/ 

5. Torturing Children at School

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/opinion/torturing-children-at-school.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article&_r=0 

6. Risky Play: Why Children Love It and Need It

http://www.psychologytoday.com/em/147531 

7.  The Power of Performance Assessments

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-power-of-performance-assessments-bob-lenz