How Are We Teaching the Poor? Tweets of the Day 4/8/14

1. Study: Poor children are now the majority in American public schools in South, West

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/study-poor-children-are-now-the-majority-in-american-public-schools-in-south-west/2013/10/16/34eb4984-35bb-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html 

2. Schools can overcome the challenges of poverty — with the right interventions

http://hechingerreport.org/content/schools-can-overcome-challenges-poverty-right-interventions_15293/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

3. Peer-to-Peer Tutoring

Grades 9-12 / All Subjects / ELL

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/ell-peer-tutoring-inps

4. Giving Our Kids the Play Space They Need 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/04/giving-our-kids-play-space-they-need.html 

5. ‘World-class’ teacher preparation

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2014/04/world-class-teacher-preparation.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29 

6. 4 Mistakes That Lead To School Technology Graveyards

 http://www.teachthought.com/learning/4-mistakes-lead-to-school-technology-graveyards/

7. Testing Talk

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2014/04/testingtalk-website-teachers-can-brave/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29 

8. Celebrate National Poetry Month
http://theeducatorsroom.com/2014/04/celebrate-national-poetry-month-summarize-poem/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29