The Ever-Learning Teacher Tweets of the Day 12/21/13

1. You've Got to Reach Before You Teach

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/importance-reaching-children-before-teaching-maurice-elias 

2. A Cure for Cheating: Learning For Learning’s Sake

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/a-cure-for-cheating-learning-for-learnings-sake/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

3. How Should I Teach My Kids About Money?

http://blog.k12.com/tips-parents/how-should-i-teach-my-kids-about-money?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thinktank12+%28thinktanK12%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#.UrSD8eKnet8 

4. Low-income inner-city achievement gap starts to close, test scores of urban school districts improve faster than nation over past 10 years, Washington D.C. stands out

http://educationbythenumbers.org/content/naep-urban-district-scores_770/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

5. Adaptive learning

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2013/12/adaptive-learning.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

6. The Real Reason(s) Teens Are Forgetful

http://www.edudemic.com/teens-are-forgetful/ 

7. 13 Energy-Generating Ideas for Teachers 

http://www.teachhub.com/13-energy-generating-ideas-teachers 

8. More on developmentally appropriate practice

http://www.danielwillingham.com/1/post/2013/12/more-on-developmentally-appropriate-practice.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nbspDanielWillingham-DanielWillinghamScienceAndEducationBlog+%28Daniel+Willingham%27s+Science+and+Education+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo