Best Articles for Educators Week of 5/19/13

Kathleen Lanese, mother of Brendan and Kevin.

1. My Favorite Word is Mama

http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2013/05/12/my-favorite-word-mama?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutismSpeaksBlog+%28Autism+Speaks+|+Official+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

2. 9 Ways to Motivate Kids…to Play, to Learn & to Love Life

http://childhood101.com/2013/05/9-ideas-for-motivating-kids/ 

3. Mental Disorders In Children: CDC Releases First-Ever Report 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/mental-disorders-in-children_n_3287855.html#slide=1881209 

4. The 21st century skill students really lack.

http://www.danielwillingham.com/1/post/2013/05/the-21st-century-skill-students-really-lack.html 

5. Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201304/the-myths-adhd/why-french-kids-dont-have-adhd 

6. 18 Myths About Education That Are All Too Easy To Believe

http://www.teachthought.com/trends/18-myths-about-education-that-are-all-tooeasy-to-believe/

7. Zombie-Based Learning -- "Braaaaaaains!"

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/zombie-based-learning-andrew-miller?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

8. 10 Reasons Nonreaders Don't Read — and How to Change Their Minds

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/10-reasons-nonreaders-dont-read-mdash-and-how-change-their-minds