Best Articles for Educators 5/10/15

 The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video

Summer Reading for Kids and Teens

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/summer-reading-for-kids-and-teens 

What If Everyone Understood Child Development?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/every-classroom-matters/ 

Does The Grit Narrative Blame Students For School’s Shortcomings?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/05/05/does-the-grit-narrative-blame-students-for-schools-shortcomings/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Brain Differences Seen in Children with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/05/brain-differences-seen-in-children-with.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Social and emotional development: The next school reform frontier 

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/05/01-social-and-emotional-development-education-reform-price 

How Safe Is The Schoolhouse?

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=6672&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29

 

MzTeachuh: Summer Bump Not Slump: Summer Reading

MzTeachuh: Summer Bump Not Slump: Summer Reading: The real magic treehouse. Reading Rockets Summer Reading  http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/summer Scholastic Summer Reading Ch...

Summer Bump Not Slump: Summer Reading

The real magic treehouse.

Reading Rockets Summer Reading 
http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/summer

Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge
http://www.scholastic.com/ups/campaigns/src-2014 

Kate DiCamillo's Picks For Summer Treehouse Reading

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/23/315250144/kate-dicamillos-picks-for-summer-tree-house-reading 

Libraries frequently offer summer-reading clubs

http://www.indeonline.com/article/20140523/LIFESTYLE/140529776/10946/ENTERTAINMENT 

23 Books For Your Perfect Young Adult Summer Reading List

http://mashable.com/2013/06/11/young-adults-summer-reading-books/ 

Summer Reading for Kids and Teens

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/summer-reading-for-kids-and-teens

Middle School Summer Reading List

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/middle-school-summer-reading-list/ 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching For Life

MzTeachuh: Teaching For Life: 1.  The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-s...

Teaching For Life

1. The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video

2. Can Fostering Positive Emotions Help Stop Suicide?

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_positive_emotions_stop_suicide

3. Seeing Opportunities in 21st-Century Challenges

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/09/16withers.h33.html?tkn=TQVF4%2FCnf5GhBNdQ4kewJo4CanR3mj0Dcxho&intc=EW-QC14-FB 

4. Why Social and Emotional Learning Is Essential to Schools and Students http://www.casel.org/news/2014/2/23/why-social-and-emotional-learning-is-essential-to-schools-and-students

5. Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero

http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2014/02/if.html 

6. David Greene: Building a Culture of Respect

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2014/01/dave_greene_building_a_culture.html 

7. True Grit: The Best Measure of Success and How to Teach It

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/true-grit-measure-teach-success-vicki-davis

MzTeachuh: The Soul of a Mother

MzTeachuh: The Soul of a Mother: Mother Teresa of India Happy Mother's Day. All you moms out there--new moms, stepmoms, grandmoms, greatgrandmoms. Moms not by blood...

The Soul of a Mother

Mother Teresa of India

Happy Mother's Day. All you moms out there--new moms, stepmoms, grandmoms, greatgrandmoms. Moms not by blood but by love. Relax, enjoy, what a privilege. Go with God, sisters.

ANDREA BOCELLI (HQ) AVE MARIA (SCHUBERT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwp1CH5R-w4