Best Articles for Educators Week of 5/12/13

 

Stick ball =physics lesson?

1. 5 Less Formal Alternatives To Homework Over Summer Break

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/5-less-formal-alternatives-to-homework-over-summer-break/ 

2. Pulling the Parent Trigger: The Push to Privatize Public Schools 

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16300-pulling-the-trigger 

3. Interview with David Mobley, Principal of Desert Trails ES (Trigger School)

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/05/interview-with-david-mobley-principal.html 

4. Examining Blended Learning Models: Student To Community Interaction

http://www.teachthought.com/trends/flipped-classroom-trends/examining-blended-learning-models-student-to-community-interaction/ 

5. What Happens When Asperger's No Longer Exists? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/05/what-happens-when-aspergers-no-longer.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. How to Rejuvenate Yourself and Your Students After Testing

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-to-rejuvenate-yourself-students-after-testing-elena-aguilar?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. How to Avoid Testing Burnout

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-to-avoid-testing-burnout-ben-johnson 

I think this is hilarious.