Recent articles of interest

Recent articles of interest

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/02/the-student-led-backlash-against-new-orleanss-charter-schools/283597/

http://edushyster.com/i-am-not-tom-brady/

http://www.fairtest.org/get-involved/opting-out

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/06/10/the-opt-out-movement-is-gaining-momentum.html

http://www.education-inequalities.org/

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/health-workforce-shortage/en/

http://www.acei.org/global-action/worldwide-teacher-shortage-regional-and-global-implications

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120118205403865

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/104138/chapters/Responding-to-the-Teacher-Shortage.aspx

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/03/03/389282733/where-have-all-the-teachers-gone

http://borgenproject.org/global-teacher-shortage-crisis/

http://dc.lib.odu.edu/cdm/search/collection/dove/page/2

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/04/15/white-parents-in-north-carolina-are-using-charter-schools-to-secede-from-the-education-system/

http://walmart1percent.org/issues/education/

 

Do Charter Schools Work? (There are two pages to the article)

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_dismal_science/2013/05/do_charter_schools_work_a_new_study_of_boston_schools_says_yes.html

7 Facts About Charter Schools:

http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/seven-facts-about-charter-schools/

No Child Left Behind and Charter Schools - March 2007

http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/choice/charter/nclb-charter.html

Radio Pieces:

Interview with Pitbull about the charter school organization he funds: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/15/234683081/is-pitbull-mr-education-rapper-opens-charter-school-in-miami

Democracy Now Interview: One way companies turn a profit off of charter schools http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/7/juan_gonzalez_big_banks_making_a

Social and Emotional Learning in Elementary Education:

http://ei.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Transforming-Students%E2%80%99-Lives-with-Social-and-Emotional-Learning.pdf

(pg3-11) This is an overview of the more theoretical ideas of Social and Emotional Learning.

http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/bellevue-schools-teach-emotional-smarts-to-help-boost-academic-success-2/

Social and Emotional learning is becoming more prevalent in schools today so read about an instance where it is implemented.

• Check out this website to see a more structured approach of SEL.

http://www.apperson.com/k12/assessments/apperson-evo/evo-social-emotional