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Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfing
This award winning movie focuses on tests used in New York City schools to determine who gets into the elite high schools and how they increase the gap in educational opportunities for different races in the US. @Curtischin @testedfilm
Bull Spotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation by Loren Collins will help you spot and avoid lies in a world with more accessible truth and lies than ever. In the age of fake news you can learn how to use the tools of critical thinking to identify the common features and trends of misinformation campaigns. Loren will help you tell the difference between real conspiracies and conspiracy theories, real science from pseudoscience, and history from fantasy.
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Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World by Tony Wagner (© 2012, Scribner: New York, NY) explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators. Tony profiles innovators to identify patterns in their childhood that made them what they are. He shows how to apply his findings to education and tells parents how to compensate for poor schools. Keys include collaboration, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and intrinsic motivation. Sixty original videos are included that you can access via a smartphone. Go to Creating Innovators for a trailer.
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Five ways hectically busy school leaders can stay on track – by Douglas W. Green, EdD at @tesusa
Trying to run a school can feel like a game of Whack-a-Mole, but there are ways to keep winning.
This is my latest post for @tesusa – Check it out.
Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids’ Brains and What Schools Can Do About It by Eric Jensen explains how the stresses encountered by poor student can impact their achievement in school and what schools can do about it. All schools should get some copies into their teachers’ hands.
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