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Parents and teachers…

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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How to build a great parent-teacher relationship…

http://corkboardconnections.blogspot.com/2014/09/what-makes-parent-love-teacher.html

Top 10 Future Educational Opportunities

08 Wednesday Jul 2015

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Educators that are not focused on the future have already been left behind.  I have focusretro-dudeed on NMC.org and the Horizon Report.  Here is another report published in EdWeek.  This report focuses on areas that educators need to be preparing themselves to engage.

I really like the pairing of mobile technology and parental engagement.  These two must coincide.  We need to bring parents into the 21st century with our students.  Failing to do both simultaneously will bring about bad results.  So, it’s time to put on our “future vision” goggles and seriously think about what tomorrow has in store for us all.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/07/top_10_impact_investing_opportunities_identified_for_k-12_in_report.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw

Helicopter Parenting and Students’ Mental Health

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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Here’s a solid article on the impact of helicopter parenting.  The correlational studies might be circumstantial, but we need to be aware of the possibility or probability that close parenting styles can have long-term impacts on our kids.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/07/helicopter_parenting_is_increasingly_correlated_with_college_age_depression.html

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

15 Monday Jun 2015

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Here’s the latest focal point for a fringe freak-out.

The 2015 reauthorization of the 1965 ESEA has stalled in Congress.

Click to access a-eseaoverview.pdf

Here is the Blueprint:

Click to access blueprint.pdf

Finally, a helpful table to show what is staying and what is going away.

http://edexcellence.net/articles/esea-reauthorization-explained-in-a-single-table

Putting the brakes on 1-to-1 programs…

14 Sunday Jun 2015

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Technology is only as good as the ability of the teacher to use it properly.  Failure to preform necessary professional development with faculty and staff prior to any tech roll-out will guarantee failure of the initiative.

This article from EdWeek discusses the Miami-Dade district’s decision to make sure these resources weren’t wasted.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/06/11/districts-learn-lessons-on-1-to-1-from-watching.html

Another Educational Technology website

13 Saturday Jun 2015

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Here is a good website for educational technology ideas and tool.  Enjoy!

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http://www.educatorstechnology.com/

Sometimes the out-of-the-way is on the right track, after all.

12 Friday Jun 2015

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France

Franche-Comté is outside of the mainstream, but right on budget.  Try flying into Geneva and taking the train to Besançon.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/travel/exploring-franche-comte-frances-well-kept-secret.html?smid=tw-nytimes

Summer reading for professional development…

12 Friday Jun 2015

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Looking for something to help you grow as an educator this sumer?  Here are a few suggestions from Edutopia.

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http://www.edutopia.org/blog/summer-reading-list-professional-development-ross-cooper?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc

More debate on Testing and the Opt-Out movement

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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21st century education, assessment, Opt-Out, Testing

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Self-Advocacy and Students with Disabilities.

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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Learning Disabilities

Here’s another solid story from Education Week.

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http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/06/04/for-students-with-disabilities-transition-from-high.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

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