Education Links 1/7/25

Assessing as You Teach

https://www.edutopia.org/article/formative-assessment-strategies-early-grades

 

Is It Math Anxiety or a Math LD?

https://www.smartkidswithld.org/blog/is-it-math-anxiety-or-a-math-ld/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHqf6BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZBGCo2LnGjFr4uCK108mLM2KQJUp2_q1dJPHb5PYV9XFuGqILCfhjpZYQ_aem_9oN1gjp1Opw5nqntcs5YWA

A GUIDE TO THE BEST RESOURCES ON THIS BLOG

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/01/07/a-guide-to-the-best-resources-on-this-blog/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHqfwJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVFPUzPedSXZ0SWE3PuLQ2fWcfiH4AYQt_zCwOzDC3DOZRWls94_VM6xVQ_aem_7fosrip7XibBH65dkasJlw

The Current State of Artificial Intelligence in Education

https://www.nea.org/resource-library/artificial-intelligence-education/iii-current-state-artificial-intelligence-education

8 Strategies To Engage Students At The Beginning Of Class

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/the-precious-first-few-minutes-of-class/

What are the greatest barriers to school choice?

https://www.k12dive.com/news/school-choice-challenges-public-private-homeschool/735963/

How to Avoid Favoritism in Your Classroom

https://www.teachhub.com/professional-development/2024/12/how-to-avoid-favoritism-in-your-classroom/

Education Links 1/6/25

 

Genetic Testing May Alter Care For Almost Half With Neurodevelopmental Disorders

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/01/07/genetic-testing-may-alter-care-for-almost-half-with-neurodevelopmental-disorders/31234/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHpjOBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcx1SNK4QYDCQQda8R6acIsiUHV-WGQfardZLgeXLQ5irqdtiaLSMQZOvA_aem_vi07y_tm2M8wkF47KgZRgw

21 priorities for student success and learning in 2025

https://www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-teaching/2025/01/03/20-predictions-about-student-learning-in-2025/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Stories%20Repost&utm_content=321045392&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-117630734950230

TWO GOOD COLLECTIONS OF “DATA VISUALIZATIONS” (ALSO KNOWN AS INFOGRAPHICS)

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/01/06/two-good-collections-of-data-visualizations-also-known-as-infographics/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHpjltleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeerby12ZxReWA3eLHcTTls8NLqcfhaBUzB4mIFGvz1PObyenQSBroYWUw_aem_7RU8oy8B63OYZFt8Sicxjw

What 2025 Could Bring for English Learners

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/video-what-2025-could-bring-for-english-learners/2024/12

De-escalating the Brain, Not the Behavior

https://www.edutopia.org/article/emotional-deescalation-strategies

Education Links 1/4/25

 

Screens Are Embezzling Your Attention. Steal It Back — Now.

https://www.additudemag.com/screen-addiction-adhd-how-to-unplug-attention/

Here’s What Principals Resolve to Do Better in 2025

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/heres-what-principals-resolve-to-do-better-in-2025/2024/12

21 Effective Learning Games for ELA Classes

https://www.edutopia.org/article/21-learning-games-ela-classroom

‘Banned Book Club’, Anime and Third Spaces: How to Get Teens Really Reading

 

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65063/banned-book-club-anime-and-third-spaces-how-to-get-teens-really-reading

What is special education?

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/understanding-special-education

Education Links 1/2/25

How AI Is Changing Education: The Year’s Top 5 Stories

https://www.edweek.org/technology/how-ai-is-changing-education-the-years-top-5-stories/2024/12

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/01/02/ed-tech-digest-387/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHkQ6tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbPvlB35rRTh0nSRCNPChoP1oKyrPdzg2epZ3qj5Y7xnWSwwKXTHgaOZ1Q_aem_h0AbTI2aJQmoCzzNLvMeMg

How to Plan and Then Run a Seamless IEP Meeting

https://www.edutopia.org/article/tips-iep-meetings-more-effective-everyone

 

EdSource’s Best of 2024: Our most read stories

https://edsource.org/2024/top-california-education-stories-2024/723859

Top 10 ADHD News & Research Headlines of 2024

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-research-news-stimulant-shortage-vyvanse-medication/

Education Links 1/1/25

 

Communicating Expectations to Make Instruction More Effective

https://www.edutopia.org/article/communicate-expectations-make-instruction-more-effective

When students understand how to interact with material and with each other, they can better engage with the lesson.

Should Schools Spy on Student Devices to Prevent Self-Harm?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/learning/should-schools-spy-on-student-devices-to-prevent-self-harm.html

New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. Should all schools use it? Or is it an invasion of privacy?

Taking Exams in Blue Books? They're Back to Help Curb AI Use and Rampant Cheating

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/64992/taking-exams-in-blue-books-its-back-to-help-curb-ai-use-and-rampant-cheating

The Pen is Mightier Than the Keyboard

Research suggests that writing by hand can be more beneficial for learning compared to typing.

How Does Anxiety Affect Kids in School?

https://childmind.org/article/classroom-anxiety-in-children/

What it looks like, and why it's often mistaken for something else.

Best Practices in Reading: A 21st Century Skill Update

https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/about-reading/articles/best-practices-reading-21st-century-skill-update

Our efforts here are to highlight a set of practices that have amassed a significant body of work to demonstrate their usefulness in improving children’s motivation for learning to read, proficiency in reading, and their likelihood to become lifelong readers and writers.

What is ADHD?

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-adhd

ADHD is a common condition that makes it hard to focus, keep still, and think before acting. Some people with ADHD mainly have trouble with focus. (This is also known as ADD.) ADHD can also impact other skills, including managing emotions.

How To Help With Dyslexia

Understanding Dyslexia

https://childmind.org/article/understanding-dyslexia/

Accommodating Students with Dyslexia in All Classroom Settings

https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/dyslexia/articles/accommodating-students-dyslexia-all-classroom-settings

What Are the 4 Main Types of Dyslexia?

https://www.medicinenet.com/what_are_the_4_types_of_dyslexia/article.htm

Signs of Dyslexia

https://dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexia/signs-of-dyslexia/

Signs of dyslexia at different ages

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/checklist-signs-of-dyslexia-at-different-ages

Dyslexia is a learning disability in reading. People with dyslexia have trouble reading at a good pace and without mistakes. They may also have a hard time with reading comprehension, spelling, and writing. But these challenges aren’t a problem with intelligence.

Important Education Topics 9/16/2023

 

“Ambitious growth” is needed to accelerate learning recovery

https://www.eschoolnews.com/educational-leadership/2023/09/15/ambitious-growth-learning-recovery/?fbclid=IwAR1FUDA5l_yfE-bppdPBIFI8uRqR1GDmcFrY6YN54iNcNZoTUOerh0wMu8U

3 Ways to Help Students Master Academic Language

https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-ways-to-help-students-master-academic-language?fbclid=IwAR14lslRXDmFQ8lVr2YmBB2M_tfHeGcKjXY2BvYAELc8Ti0avNl2rWLZazo

Safeguarding Students: Preventing the Inevitable

https://www.edweek.org/sponsor/the-safeguarding-company/safeguarding-students-preventing-the-inevitable?fbclid=IwAR2NlNDgkYNFxkJ3mM7YByV_UMlGumpPm6RMkg0GcM0VR8nXGTAJhJGIPiQ

The unexpected connection between handwriting and learning to read

https://www.understood.org/articles/the-unexpected-connection-between-handwriting-and-learning-to-read?fbclid=IwAR24IeQoVAFWdqEPLG260SEr7cSO0l3sEh-jcG_HDB-V318jZp8Y3Kn6ico

Parents who switched to alternative schools amid pandemic are sticking

https://edsource.org/updates/parents-who-switched-to-alternative-schools-amid-pandemic-are-sticking?fbclid=IwAR0z1iAHcNComX45meNlVav8_HmY6l5upUGtfY69HemyNZS3pi6XnaHu6IQ

All Teachers Should Study ADHD Neuroscience. Here’s Why.

https://www.additudemag.com/applied-educational-neuroscience-inclusive-classrooms-adhd/?fbclid=IwAR3qTmlfsfnYxZsLEpW6xsoyxEFwjiC0SvH64uGZBUDkLU2ugBkb9A6GJsE

Consequences are not the only path to changing behavior. Through the framework of applied educational neuroscience, educators can focus on understanding the ADHD deficits that trigger behavioral issues.

On Your Mark, Get Set--It's the First Day of School!

Of course, the goof-offs are hoping for a disorganized, lenient teacher so they can goof-off with impunity! But we yearn to be the teacher they think back to and say, 

"The teacher helped me so much. Man, how strict! That teacher always demanded the best of me and I knew they cared because they never gave up on me. 

They believed in me"

Here are three sites that will help you to be that teacher.

Smart Classroom Management

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/blog/

Why First-Day-Of-School Accountability Is A Must

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2023/08/03/first-day-of-school-accountability/

3 Things You Must Do On The First Day Of School

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/08/18/3-things-you-must-do-on-the-first-day-of-school/

3 Critical Classroom Management Strategies For The First Hour Of The First Day Of School

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/07/25/classroom-management-strategies-first-day-of-school/

                                                    https://www.edutopia.org/

23 Ways to Build and Sustain Classroom Relationships

https://www.edutopia.org/article/23-ways-to-build-and-sustain-relationships

Powerful, Evidence-Backed Ways to Connect with Students in the First Week of School

4 Questions to Ponder Before School Starts

https://www.edutopia.org/article/purposeful-actionable-reflection-teachers

                                                https://www.understood.org/

Positive behavior strategies: A guide for teachers

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-are-positive-behavior-strategies

Pre-correcting and prompting: An evidence-based behavior strategy

https://www.understood.org/articles/evidence-based-behavior-strategy-pre-correcting-and-prompting

Why kids have trouble following a routine or schedule

https://www.understood.org/articles/child-wont-follow-routine-schedule

 

Important Education Topics 7/27/2023

 

Teacher Professional Development, Explained

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/teacher-professional-development-explained/2023/07

Building Community Before the First Day of Middle School and Beyond

https://www.edutopia.org/article/building-community-middle-school

How To Be Free Of School Drama And Politics

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2023/07/05/school-drama-politics/

How to teach writing skills in the ChatGPT era

https://www.eschoolnews.com/digital-learning/2023/07/27/how-to-teach-writing-skills-in-the-chatgpt-era/

What is PBIS?

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-pbis

About ADHD

https://chadd.org/about-adhd/overview/

Choosing children's books that include and affirm disability experiences

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/62049/choosing-childrens-books-that-include-and-affirm-disability-experiences

Education Links 7 4 23

Hands-On Learning and the SDGs

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-about-sustainable-development-goals

School Safety and Security

https://www.k12dive.com/trendline/school-safety-security/334/?utm_source=K12&utm_medium=LyticsSlideout&utm_campaign=Evolv

Texas allows schools to hire chaplains for student mental health needs

https://www.k12dive.com/news/texas-allows-schools-to-hire-chaplains-for-student-mental-health-needs-ACLU-warning/654135/

Measuring Mastery, Not Seat Time: Here’s How Schools Can Make It Work

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/measuring-mastery-not-seat-time-heres-how-schools-can-make-it-work/2023/06

Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/education/learning/community-schools.html

Tackling high school math’s equity problem

https://edsource.org/2023/tackling-high-school-maths-equity-problem/693050

Fun Learning Activities for Kids this Summer

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-activities/2021/06/fun-learning-activities-for-kids-this-summer/

5 Overlooked Signs of ADHD – the Inattentive Type

STEM, equity,assessment,SEL

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-inattentive-type-5-signs/

“People with inattentive ADHD are not lazy, stupid, unwilling, or oppositional. They have a biologically based challenge with attending to the task at hand, and their brains tire more quickly.” 

What Are The Disability Handicaps in Special Education? What Does The Teaching Look Like In The Classroom?

 

Special education is a very broad field and has many different specialties. Those who specialize in working with students who have extra challenges may find themselves in a number of different scenarios, depending on the school district or type of school that they are working in. There are six main types of special education within most public-school settings.

• Push-in Services. ...
• Pull-out Services. ...
• Inclusive Classrooms. ...
• Exclusive Education. ...
• Specialty Schools. ...
• Residential Programs.

A Detailed Look at the Different Types of Special Education

https://www.soliant.com/blog/a-detailed-look-at-the-different-types-of-special-education/

The Basic Types of Special Needs: A Guide to Special Education

https://thehomeschoolresourceroom.com/2021/03/08/types-special-needs/

The 13 disability categories under IDEA

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/conditions-covered-under-idea

Special Education and General Education: 8 Ways to Collaborate

https://www.spedprepacademy.com/blog/special-education-and-general-education-collaborating-together

The general education teacher usually focuses on the curriculum and instruction while the special education teacher helps adapt and modify both. However, both teachers work together to create daily routines, promote lesson flow, and manage the students in the classroom.

Collaboration:Partnering With Colleagues, Families, and Caregivers to Promote Students Success

https://www.ncld.org/reports-studies/forward-together-2021/collaboration/

Education Links 3/21/23

Why You Shouldn’t “Build Community”

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2023/03/17/do-not-build-classroom-community/

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2023/03/18/ed-tech-digest-330/?fbclid=IwAR0LgOh_M1fBjjIH56uMXmpAPDh5KGFmkIi5zXlGV5-27sKzkDWDO3TzBsE

25 Slam Poetry Examples To Inspire Students of All Ages

https://www.weareteachers.com/slam-poetry-examples/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2TtMUxc8wDUdtPf3VbKCUkJdhw7t_5TkwqzNeBztbAaqUT38MWbNOc1mI#Echobox=1678377613

Increasing the Value of Graphic Organizers

https://www.edutopia.org/article/increasing-value-graphic-organizers?fbclid=IwAR1wXy6ePVSs7qIz4mYn0x9aJnIwhiqbozUi49vM48GUx7uKj5WAcTA7DyY

How to Stop Procrastinating If You Live with ADHD

https://psychcentral.com/adhd/how-to-stop-adhd-procrastination

 

Solving the Dyslexia Paradox

https://www.smartkidswithld.org/getting-help/dyslexia/solving-the-dyslexia-paradox/

Best Virtual Field Trips

https://www.techlearning.com/news/best-virtual-field-trips

Education Links 3/4/23

Group Work That Works

https://www.edutopia.org/article/group-work-works?fbclid=IwAR3l1hBKEf0sjSpVSFfzC0F_sZOmMpPfLtfIGxVt_gh7vEhDmG4OS2pzHvU

 

The Future of Writing in a World of Artificial Intelligence #ChatGPT

https://spencerauthor.com/ai-essay/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Cool%20Cat%20Teacher&fbclid=IwAR3jwTg_o_pkFytIoaSnpezTa8OfsnA95Phh2AgOMWHEhPvSnunR3A8I3ww

How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-02-27-how-research-based-tools-provide-impactful-learning-outcomes?fbclid=IwAR3jwTg_o_pkFytIoaSnpezTa8OfsnA95Phh2AgOMWHEhPvSnunR3A8I3ww

Making Things Hard, But In A Good Way

https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2021/09/06/creating-desirable-difficulties/?utm_content=buffer481f8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2-B9Rg36HwY0pjPoKzHZQd_Ih1yKs8S1n94PgQVqgD52rRuWVeY-OODTk

Three tips that made me a better teacher

https://www.science.org/content/article/three-tips-made-me-better-teacher?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwAR1GIMWOOLlGOTVTIEKp_L__UTVK2p45nUrSvis542R5Bs8_Al5WqVPDD3g

Tapping into family engagement can boost literacy and math, experts say

https://edsource.org/updates/tapping-into-family-engagement-can-boost-literacy-and-math-experts-say

Nation’s Disability Services At Breaking Point, Report Finds

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2023/03/02/nations-disability-services-at-breaking-point-report-finds/30267/

Education Links 3/3/23

Teaching the Concept of Equity Through Gardening

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-concept-equity-through-gardening/

 

Students Want a Better Education Experience. First, Teachers Must Master Deeper Learning.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-03-01-students-want-a-better-education-experience-first-teachers-must-master-deeper-learning?fbclid=IwAR1ttROp0ZlTG66qu0vUvFlF-PRHlayNS8nmvCbuaxJ50raBB2Yyoln6KIA

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 326 How To Make Learning Easier

https://wegrowteachers.com/podcast-ep-326-make-learning-easier/?fbclid=IwAR3hyl0X0NQAWjaM2IILKDCaDadDwfFiQhK0gu-ohpQUGEeU99lLawe_b1o

13 Tips to Help Children Manage Social Anxiety

https://www.ahaparenting.com/read/shyness

5 Tips for Better Blended Learning

https://www.iste.org/explore/classroom/5-tips-better-blended-learning?utm_campaign=ISTESproutSocial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3EkgjU7xlPFbSAJkdrejDxUNS3tinNPaoTjHbNtknPwsEy8ZrqBARX7UU

5 ADHD Roadblocks That Undermine Academic Achievement — and How to Help

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/academic-achievement-strategies-for-students-with-adhd-poll/

Chromebook Keyboard Considerations for Kindergarten

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2023/02/chromebook-keyboard-considerations-for.html?fbclid=IwAR1YO-AgPoDd1mlOZd_48TVKLp1m8z2ryQa2zoDuWHYIqxFrtfh6u-Etfg8

Education Links 2/28/2023

Africana Studies Can Save Education—and the World

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-africana-studies-can-save-education-and-the-world/2023/01

Extending Black History Month Beyond February

https://www.edutopia.org/article/extending-black-history-beyond-february

Why All of Us Could Use a Lesson in ‘Thinking 101’

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-02-21-why-all-of-us-could-use-a-lesson-in-thinking-101

How parents and educators can work together to build community

https://edsource.org/2023/how-parents-and-educators-can-work-together-to-build-community/686068

Bringing the March on Washington into the present

https://www.k12dive.com/news/march-on-washington-60th-anniversary-in-classrooms/643236/

What we know about tutoring research and how schools are using tutoring in pandemic recovery

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/61101/what-we-know-about-tutoring-research-and-how-schools-are-using-tutoring-in-pandemic-recovery

Be Your Best Self: Teaching Students to Use Positive Affirmations

https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/Be-Your-Best-Self-Teaching-Students-to-Use-Positive-Affirmations

Education Links 2/25/2023

Understanding Sensory Dysregulation

https://www.theottoolbox.com/understanding-sensory-dysregulation/?fbclid=IwAR3mcuifwJeW3Y24ZNBn05uqXHUb4D5QF2auQeyDmUWTm2TmOzFXSk639F8

Using Curiosity as a Way to Defuse Power Struggles

https://www.edutopia.org/article/avoiding-power-struggles-middle-school?fbclid=IwAR2MesgNVAhIM8TSlyQZ59sh3f6u-Av74pMvOvnyMO_3-cP-mcjsJfrEHc4

Justice Department Finds School District Illegally Restrained, Secluded Kids

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2023/02/24/justice-department-school-district-illegally-restrained-secluded-kids/30257/

A Mini-Unit on Joke-Telling

https://twowritingteachers.org/2023/02/24/a-mini-unit-on-joke-telling/?fbclid=IwAR10poFx66XKo3m1kuvAS-EUKKn0gA3d4Nlv4u2IM3kGqPIQAuC6XjC5GGE

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 325 Deepening Learning With The 4 Question Method

https://wegrowteachers.com/podcast-ep-325-deepening-4-question-method/?fbclid=IwAR1CzgrgERhaov-yU5Taf3R5fvRd_H-hBPRgd-c-tIMoMt3L80kbSQMDL2k

Music That Focuses the Brain

https://www.additudemag.com/study-music-to-focus-the-adhd-brain/?fbclid=IwAR0AzaB3MSHDfgZE9h6E65kqiwwIlkkyuSw5m35HAzdnYp_lPVqWC4Hqq0A

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2023/02/24/ed-tech-digest-327/?fbclid=IwAR2Lw-O80YRe5FMEfDN45r1BH9mQo-YhS6NbxaOdXKNS9yKzWRtmoL43etk