Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingThat’s Special: A Survival Guide to Teaching by Dan Henderson tells the story of a special education teacher who is still surviving in spite of some pretty wacky student behaviors he has faced along the way. Dan follows real stories in each chapter from this career with tools that other teachers can use to survive in difficult situations. If you click at the bottom of the page and buy the book, 10% will go back to local schools.
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November 3rd, 2015How To Learn to Type Faster Than Average Person in Few Hours by Adam Fort
October 24th, 2015How To Learn to Type Faster Than Average Person in Few Hours by Adam Fort who is an education strategist at Read entire post...
Fixing Special Education: 12 Steps to Transform a Broken System by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman
October 19th, 2015Fixing Special Education: 12 Steps to Transform a Broken System by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman ©2009 should be included in all teacher preparation programs and placed in the hands of policy makers who can address Miriam’s 12 transformative steps. It can also serve as an excellent resource for parents. Be sure to click at the bottom of any page to get copies. Also see me Ed Week post Why Does Special Education Have to be Special?
Read entire post...Five Reasons Why All Students Are Not Able to Pursue Higher Education by Jessie Yarrow
October 6th, 2015Five Reasons Why All Students Are Not Able to Pursue Higher Education is a guest post by Jessie Yarrow, a journalist and blogger from Hyderabad, India. Her’s is an interesting perspective on how traditional higher education is out of reach for many all around the world. She shares my hope that modern technology can help more people move up the learning and earning ladders.
Read entire post...The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Robert I. Sutton
September 21st, 2015
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Robert I. Sutton ©2007 & 2010 should help organizations of all kinds make their cultures less toxic and more productive.
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