Educational Links 10/27/21

 

The Pandemic Could Have Unlocked Remote Schooling. It Hasn’t

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-the-pandemic-could-have-unlocked-remote-schooling-it-hasnt/2021/10

ADD vs. ADHD: What’s the Difference in Symptoms?

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/add-vs-adhd/?fbclid=IwAR1ouCEp7CyVmkwV08xjDV3_dkPZANN25nsGqpG5uTae5Nat2KpwBpkT3M8

50 Idioms to Teach Kids and Use in Idiom of the Day Lessons

https://www.weareteachers.com/idiom-of-the-day/?utm_content=1632848306&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR07Ho5bVLBxGeCIsS_9lFhDNv1bkiVPojyTvLXsM1Udl-U6-YQnoPLqjwQ

How social and emotional competence leads to educational equity

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/10/26/how-social-and-emotional-competence-leads-to-educational-equity/

COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11 Clears Hurdle to Emergency Approval

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/covid-19-vaccines-for-children-5-to-11-clear-hurdle-to-emergency-approval/2021/10

Why Restorative Justice Programs May Fail in Schools

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-the-lines/202110/why-restorative-justice-programs-may-fail-in-schools?fbclid=IwAR2shCdxN_UqoxuTUDKCpLB8RmDcp_-Ml3qmdVIkT77AeSCZcf7hjLT5OoQ

• Restorative justice programs often fail due to a lack of consistent personnel in the schools.
• A controversial issue, restorative justice programs are liable to lose grant funding, depending on changing leaders.
• It will take fundamental commitment and focus to reform how punishment is meted out in our schools.

Educational Links 3/17/2021

 

Using Restorative Justice in your Classroom

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management/2021/02/using-restorative-justice-in-your-classroom/

Never Punish a Child for Bad Behavior Outside Their Control

https://www.additudemag.com/behavior-punishment-parenting-child-with-adhd/

TUESDAY’S MUST-READ ARTICLES ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/03/16/tuesdays-must-read-articles-on-school-reopenings-15/

'No one is sure what to expect': Schools, colleges add more counseling services to address student mental health

https://edsource.org/2021/schools-add-more-counseling-services-but-students-mental-health-impacts-may-linger-for-years/651272

CDC to Reconsider 6-Foot Student Spacing Guidelines in Response to New Studies

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/cdc-to-reconsider-6-foot-student-spacing-guidelines-in-response-to-new-studies/2021/03

Experts: Culturally responsive practices reduce subjective discipline of marginalized students

https://www.k12dive.com/news/use-culturally-responsive-pbis-to-lift-up-marginalized-students/596746/

A Culture of Kindness in Early Childhood Classrooms

https://www.edutopia.org/article/culture-kindness-early-childhood-classrooms

Encouraging kindness in the early grades helps children develop behaviors that have value far beyond their school years.

Educational Links 2/9/2021

How to Create Your Own Online Board Game

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/07/how-to-create-your-own-online-board-game.html

Summer School, Extended Learning a Priority in $129 Billion COVID-19 Relief Bill

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/summer-school-extended-learning-a-priority-in-129-billion-covid-19-relief-bill/2021/02

‘We’re Not Being Taken Care of': Many Teachers Still Ineligible for Vaccines

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/were-not-being-taken-care-of-many-teachers-still-ineligible-for-vaccines/2021/02?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=59861865&U=&UUID=993c6017f3bf0d2d4c5d19ceb5766856&fbclid=IwAR2qKsXxSVVnx6S6GNn4VY6XSBx2q8-GBRASbqT_7lVuYHg1WrzQnAzpx_k

Building a Culture that Respects Teachers and Reduces Stress

https://www.edutopia.org/article/building-culture-respects-teachers-and-reduces-stress?fbclid=IwAR3lt7RP3gG46MJVbosQE-_xmHQMbdQVwnumgEs41TlIAmrxYFhYuJtaFdM

Strategies for Retaining Teachers of Color and Making Schools More Equitable

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57280/strategies-for-retaining-teachers-of-color-and-making-schools-more-equitable

Using Restorative Justice in your Classroom

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management/2021/02/using-restorative-justice-in-your-classroom/

 

How to Succeed in High School with ADHD: A Teen’s Guide

https://www.additudemag.com/high-school-success-adhd-students-homework-studying/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR08iXWwS_Hb-Pr87edrTnGi5V0UADwSMroLT-_gBEJEicr-k3nwVNK2uAU

These academic and organizational tips are designed to help high school students with ADHD finish homework, execute long-term projects, manage their time, earn high grades, and avoid feeling overwhelmed.

Educational Links 5/17/19

17 Things Teachers Wish People Understood About Teaching

https://www.weareteachers.com/truth-about-teaching/?utm_source=WAT_MDR&utm_medium=Enews&utm_campaign=WAT_Enews051619

Communicating in Crisis – How Preparedness Leads to Successful Crisis Management

https://www.onsolve.com/resource/communicating-crisis-preparedness-leads-successful-crisis-management/?utm_source=highereducationdive&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=edu&utm_content=communicatingincrisispreparedness

Teacher qualifications best predictor of student success

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-teacher-qualifications-best-predictor-of-student-success/554917/

House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Committee Increases Education Funding

https://www.policyinsider.org/2019/05/house-appropriations-labor-hhs-education-committee-increases-education-funding.html

What Is Trauma-Informed Teaching?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/05/what_is_trauma-informed_teaching.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fbedpd-fCBEAGHP1Jf6PZMqCVo_0zE28NEvJmek-vaeLYy3p9a_kfmps

Restorative Justice in the English Language Arts Classroom

https://secure.ncte.org/store/restorative-justice-in-the-ela-classroom?fbclid=IwAR3ObZRlZrgQnf-KmykI4HMCgdIKags6ERFc2hKKbhJhI6s0WR0Gm9g6KSI

Students Learn Less When They Sense Teacher Hostility

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2018/05/students_perform_worse_when_th.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR1AwLVRCFng8Yklb3QQQQ6WazD1NUUQpLro-QnLWBe2KfaVMkO9F_ER008

Just as many students have stories of their favorite, inspirational teacher, many also can recall at least one class spent living in dread of a teacher's acid comments. Maybe the teacher wanted to project take-no-guff sternness, or considered sarcasm the way to connect with adolescents.

Regardless of the reason, those teachers may have hurt their students' academic progress, according to a new study in the journal Communication Education.

Educational Links 4/12/19

Using the Arts to Promote SEL

https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-arts-promote-sel?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2ahGJbSg0xIf6vT-uzLBeKuqPFfqF87UZ96-qJ7Usgemto_6bPz2Pdqv4

10 Ways to Use Poetry in Your Classroom

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/10-ways-use-poetry-your-classroom?fbclid=IwAR0qu3B2lpg1FkncyFaXNWixe2tH6Y4bKYOR0ThfI9xteqfsr9gln4UYmdw

Parent-Teacher Conference Action Plan and Surveys

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/working-with-childs-teacher/download-parent-teacher-conference-action-plan-and-surveys?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR0G4LoaC_hL7n36t59D6rh_1fmTt1N-43Al7pey3K3P3OfOIxyftRan5sE

When Zero-Tolerance Was Failing Students, This School Turned to Restorative Justice

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-03-26-when-zero-tolerance-was-failing-students-this-school-turned-to-restorative-justice?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=03-28-2019&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWW1KaE5XUmxOVFZsTVRFeSIsInQiOiJqa0drYzZQWmxxNXp4MngxZkNqeWJaeE1ZYnlkRHVCZXhQUnhLWTNJaXR6dldKY2dmMzNRY05JcjMyTGswaGk4UW5NVTBrZzJpVG9QbWR4ZkN6SVA0SjVsOHFvcnRNN21iVjRFUnZscFd2M25rWmkrTkt0aVdYUzZIZDRBWjJWNSJ9&fbclid=IwAR353yBU_bdNf0DeEa0A4c_OGAPjniB_WfB1eIqApmG7uQBLyjzf7gMo8O4

IT’S NO SURPRISE TO TEACHERS, BUT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MOST BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTs ARE USELESS

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/04/11/its-no-surprise-to-teachers-but-research-suggests-that-most-benchmark-assessment-are-useless/?fbclid=IwAR0eUNcloV4lIbroF-FgebXZBBd3n1lUA4Tir2-bY4Yc9VE598DmlsCeYMA

Modeling Writing and Revising for Students

https://www.edutopia.org/article/modeling-writing-and-revising-students?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2oToQPokFA0pkzA1Ema2xB7uEAXFe1QmmjEaQITJw3QwiWKTN1Gvxfd4I

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Free 2-Week Guide to Ending Defiant Behavior

https://www.additude.com/download/adhd-defiant-behavior-fix-for-parents/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR1qxddHvE73n6H05BiaFllv4oPg0IKx-l4tbvxNKXSSw1sDtPjRYgRghXE

Your child is openly, blatantly defiant, and your confrontations sometimes escalate to violence. Traditional rewards and punishments don’t work. So what do you do? Starting today, change your mindset about consequences.

Educational Links 1/16/19

What Teachers Need to Know About Restorative Justice

https://www.weareteachers.com/restorative-justice/?utm_content=1547589660&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2eZYc1VUBKDnGbwCGB9AClUi6wU_v-DvwoLc0v8Na386Wu_KGbC4Uyyg8

'Principals make mistakes. They need support, not blame'

https://www.tes.com/news/principals-make-mistakes-they-need-support-not-blame?fbclid=IwAR19a4mmNNNO176IHYOVqFLG4w9JPl6fGh9tqk4eUTobZgfZxcBjx7K-JqY

Help EdSource shine a light on challenges in rural education

https://edsource.org/2019/help-edsource-shine-a-light-on-challenges-in-rural-education/604267?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rural-0115-19&fbclid=IwAR0Jld7sNuadkcP9SvBIWyMVZrjzQEwcL9Z2qWQOg5KhP3cTCJdaqIMqZ3A

“ADHD Is Not a Behavioral Disorder.”

https://www.additudemag.com/the-additude-interview-answer-man/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=diagnosis&fbclid=IwAR2jOmbRJfpa2fTKHW-eMB64VXnktmMKneGNDucfYDSAaL1EhKt2kXLDkvU

Easing test anxiety boosts low-income students’ biology grades

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/easing-test-anxiety-boosts-low-income-students-biology-grades

'Why Can't the Future of Ed-Tech Start Now?'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/01/response_why_cant_the_future_of_ed_tech_start_now.html

“FIVE KEY STRATEGIES TO GET/KEEP KIDS ENGAGED AT SCHOOL”

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/01/16/a-look-back-five-key-strategies-to-getkeep-kids-engaged-at-school/?fbclid=IwAR3E9WudgP9aeYWp_u6rjHWtyNT_SnSgEMDJMq5VZImo2wueDWmIQNd2f5E

Educational Links 10/2/18

Restorative Justice More Likely to Provoke Responses Conducive to Learning

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2018/10/restorative-justice-more-likely-to.html

How To Add Rigor To Anything

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/how-to-add-rigor-to-anything/

Response: Using Reading Strategies Effectively in Literacy Instruction

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2018/09/response_using_reading_strategies_effectively_in_literacy_instruction.html

THE EDVOCATE PODCAST, EPISODE 5: THE ARCHETYPE OF A GREAT TEACHER

https://www.theedadvocate.org/the-edvocate-podcast-episode-5-the-archetype-of-a-great-teacher/

New 'digital citizenship' curriculum helps students become responsible tech user

https://edscoop.com/new-digital-citizenship-curriculum-helps-students-become-responsible-tech-users

5 Simple Ways To Encourage Brain Development In Your Little On

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/10/01/605213122/5-simple-ways-to-encourage-brain-development-in-your-little-one?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education

A Look at Playful Assessment

https://www.edutopia.org/article/look-playful-assessment

One approach being explored by researchers is playful assessments, which both measure student understanding and honor the iterative design process used in creating projects.

Educational Links 7/27/18

Why Restorative Justice Is About More Than Reducing Suspensions

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51686/how-restorative-justice-is-about-more-than-just-reducing-suspensions?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Advocating for Children Can Be an Uphill Battle

http://www.raepica.com/2018/07/advocating-for-children/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RaePica+%28Rae+Pica%29

It's never too early to start teaching digital citizenship skills

https://www.educationdive.com/news/its-never-too-early-to-start-teaching-digital-citizenship-skills/528396/

Take Advantage of Opportunities to Sustain Your Instructional Vitality

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/faculty-development/keep-your-teaching-fresh/

11 Methods for Teaching Reading That Help Struggling Readers

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/11-methods-teaching-reading-help-struggling-readers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

Building a Makerspace From the Ground Up

http://blog.mimio.com/building-a-makerspace-from-the-ground-up

Educators struggle to find solid research on edtech

https://edscoop.com/educators-struggle-to-find-solid-research-on-edtech

The vast majority of educators rely on general web searches for edtech information, but they are skeptical about how reliable that information is.