Educational Links 1/25/20

What Is Dyslexia?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia

Can Quality Pre-K and Career Training For Parents Break Cycle of Poverty?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48132/can-quality-pre-k-and-career-training-for-parents-break-cycle-of-poverty?fbclid=IwAR08DsSL4Hdb0YyEAtApb-5HWVBcjYwjFVdbtrQPAiU3bRHOBih8MrCA78M

WILL YOU STAND UP FOR INCLUSION?

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/will-you-stand-up-for-inclusion/

How 'Slow Looking' Can Help Students Develop Skills Across Disciplines

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55231/how-slow-looking-can-help-students-develop-skills-across-disciplines?fbclid=IwAR2vzdljUHp2w2nJA2I1_r26CQcl1jA4so0TAFpmHAVmaxr34FPXRSm5BKg

What Teachers Can Change

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/in-the-evolution-of-education-is-less-more/

This Teacher Spent a Day as a 4th Grader. Now She's Rethinking Her Career

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2020/01/21/this-teacher-spent-a-day-as-a.html?fbclid=IwAR1QPOlzNdpVJ37B5ofgUrsLpHyKtKExsar5VZuslndCr8YSRqvc2g5wLvs

In the Future, Today’s Education Will Look Like ‘19th-Century Medicine’

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-02-04-in-the-future-today-s-education-will-look-like-19th-century-medicine?utm_content=buffer9c2bf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR3zKHxaKloDMHvTfYp6BJv0ySLkDreo6_DQLr3wGoH-pPscAWN5xrLAc_s

The big secret in public education is that the variation in teacher quality is astounding. In America, it’s quite large. But in Canada the variation is much less pronounced. Why? Because they spend more time training their teachers, giving them the time and space to share lessons and take part in PLCs (professional learning communities).