Searching for gorgeous slime molds

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/gorgeous-slime-molds-opb-video

Teachers are on the front lines in Jan. 6 culture war

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/04/1070102820/teachers-are-on-the-front-lines-in-jan-6-culture-war

Are public schools at risk of a death spiral?

https://theweek.com/education/1007910/are-public-schools-at-risk-of-a-death-spiral

Best Holiday Gifts For Teachers: Gift Cards, Chocolate, Plants

https://time.com/6125479/teacher-holiday-gifts/

Parents are scrambling after schools suddenly cancel class over staffing and burnout

https://text.npr.org/1057979170

Pandemic or no, kids are still getting — and spreading — head lice

https://text.npr.org/1056737280

Google and PBS launch a media literacy program to combat misinformation

https://www.engadget.com/google-launches-a-media-literacy-program-with-pbs-student-labs-to-combat-misinformation-160024870.html?src=rss&guccounter=1

Parents protesting 'critical race theory' identify a new target: Mental health programs

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-protesting-critical-race-theory-identify-new-target-mental-hea-rcna4991?m&ICID=ref_fark

Why do we need biodiversity?

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-do-we-need-biodiversity-david-attenborough-animation

A look at the groups supporting school board protesters nationwide

https://text.npr.org/1049078199

German playgrounds are designed to be perilous to ensure kids learn how to handle risk

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10127735/German-playgrounds-designed-perilous-ensure-kids-learn-handle-risk.html?ICID=ref_fark

What it's like to be on the front lines of the school board culture war

https://text.npr.org/1047334766

Ohio fifth grader stands ground against adults opposing masks

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/10/08/ohio-fifth-grader-stands-ground-against-adults-opposing-masks/6050125001/

We Know Students Are Struggling With Their Mental Health. Here's How You Can Help - MindShift

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58525/we-know-students-are-struggling-with-their-mental-health-heres-how-you-can-help

As Educators Face Violent Threats, the DOJ Is Stepping In | Time

https://time.com/6104539/justice-department-schools-threats/

11-minute documentary about Denmark's "forest kindergartens"

https://boingboing.net/2021/10/04/11-minute-documentary-about-denmarks-forest-kindergartens.html

I’m a Teacher. I’m About to Quit.

https://jessicalexicus.medium.com/im-a-teacher-i-m-about-to-quit-f7afd11109dd

No Need for Screen Time Limits, Says Digital Education Expert

https://letgrow.org/screen-time-limits-unnecessary/

Handling aggression

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/pjvoyv/handling_aggression/

A serious video.

Respect and responsibility

Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School

https://text.npr.org/1033605650

“Under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month, students who decide to take a mental health day will not be required to provide their school with a doctor's note and will be able to make up any work that was missed on their day off.”

Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School

https://text.npr.org/1033605650

School board members quitting to avoid threatening, hostile crowds

https://boingboing.net/2021/08/31/school-board-members-quitting-to-avoid-threatening-hostile-crowds.html

Best free PowerPoint Templates for Teachers

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/best-powerpoint-templates-for-teachers

Education experts 'deeply concerned' pandemic-related enrollment decline concentrated in kindergarten | The Week

https://theweek.com/coronavirus/1003474/education-experts-deeply-concerned-pandemic-related-disenrollment-concentrated

Green New Deal for Public Schools Addresses Climate and Inequality | Time

https://time.com/6085517/green-new-deal-public-schools/

Summer Tutoring Is Not the Solution to a Lost Year of School

https://time.com/6084638/summer-tutoring-covid-lost-year-school/

Nag on the Lake: The Sound of Millions Of Monarch Butterflies Taking To The Air

https://nagonthelake.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-sound-of-millions-of-monarch.html

“Why Don’t Kids Go Outside Anymore?” Everyone Has a Theory -- What’s Yours?

https://letgrow.org/why-dont-kids-go-outside/

A Wonderful Animated Tour Inside the Statue of Liberty

https://laughingsquid.com/inside-statue-of-liberty/?ICID=ref_fark

38 Best Reading Websites for Kids

https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/best-reading-websites/

30 Answers This Father Received After Asking For Some Interesting Facts To Share With His Kids

https://www.demilked.com/father-asks-for-interesting-facts-mckay-coppins/

Straightforward Tips from a 7th Grade Teacher Who Has Watched Her Students Growing Passive & Anxious These Past Few Years

https://letgrow.org/a-7th-grade-teacher-see-students-growing-passive-anxious-and-needy-thanks-to-too-much-help-from-parents/

A Kid-friendly Introduction to Impeachment

https://people.howstuffworks.com/impeachment-kids.htm

A Kid-friendly Introduction to Magnets and Magnetism

https://science.howstuffworks.com/magnets-and-magnetism-kids.htm

11 Ways of Teaching Kids to Be Inclusive of Others

https://www.verywellfamily.com/teach-inclusivity-to-prevent-bullying-4065060

20 School Trip Horror Stories Shared By Teachers

https://www.demilked.com/funny-school-trip-fails/

And then she told me this...

See the rest at https://pricklylegs.tumblr.com/post/650298950757285889

Sister Makes Video For the Classmates of Her Brother With Autism Who is Starting First Grade – And it’s Adorably Helpful

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sister-makes-video-for-brother-with-autism-starting-first-grade/

Vocational training vs. General education: Research on what schooling model is best.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/04/vocational-training-general-education-debate-research-range-david-epstein.html?via=rss

‘Parents are powerless’: Students face being held back after a year of remote learning

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/repeat-school-year-482336

Pandemic Stress Has Pushed Teachers To A Breaking Point

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988211478/we-need-to-be-nurtured-too-many-teachers-say-theyre-reaching-a-breaking-point

20 Times Teachers Did Something That Instantly Earned Them Their Students' Respect

https://www.demilked.com/amazing-teacher-actions-instant-respect/

The 10 Zoom Commandments for Elementary School Teachers (Opinion)

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-the-10-zoom-commandments-for-elementary-school-teachers/2021/02

Some Children With ADHD And Autism Thrive In Online School Over In-Person

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/08/971457441/as-many-parents-fret-over-remote-learning-some-find-their-kids-are-thriving?ICID=ref_fark

Iceberger - draw an iceberg to see how it will float

https://joshdata.me/iceberger.html

Child Psychologist John Piacentini on How Parents and Teachers Can Help Anxious Kids Stop Avoiding Discomfort, Before the Cycle Bakes Itself In

https://letgrow.org/child-psychologist-john-piacentini-on-how-parents-and-teachers-can-help-anxious-kids-stop-avoiding-discomfort-before-the-cycle-bakes-itself-in/

12 Awesome Virtual Museum Trips Worth Taking

https://www.lifesavvy.com/52360/visit-a-famous-museum-virtually-every-month-this-year/

How to remotivate kids for more distant learning

http://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_2024bf773123f139f77fe18a81d38811

School Arts Education Is Essential to Kids–and to Our Nation | Time

https://time.com/5923031/arts-education/

5 Things We've Learned About Virtual School During the Pandemic

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57099/5-things-weve-learned-about-virtual-school-during-the-pandemic

5 Things We've Learned About Virtual School In 2020

https://text.npr.org/938050723

Chromebook tip

Teachers on remote school, the achievement gap, and masks in the classroom.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/teachers-roundtable-masks-remote-school-achievement-gap.html?via=rss

Do it for the kids

Why do we need national parks? | The Kid Should See This

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-do-we-need-national-parks

What Teaching Online Classes Taught Me About Remote Learning

https://www.wired.com/story/teaching-online-classes-tips-lessons/

What we overlooked in the switch to remote learning

https://www.axios.com/online-schooling-problems-coronavirus-1b3d94e5-cb82-4163-808b-5d79d7748c72.html

I'm Failing Forward as a Parent and Teacher, and I'm Okay with That

https://letgrow.org/failing-foward/

Dear Parents, Please Teach Your Kids How to Be Self-Sufficient

https://letgrow.org/how-to-be-self-sufficient

What is ADHD: Explaining everything you don't understand about ADHD

https://mashable.com/article/what-is-adhd-myths-stigma/

Independent Classroom Kit Encourages Students to Be Self-Sufficient

https://letgrow.org/independent-classroom/

Your School District’s Reopening Survey

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/your-school-districts-reopening-survey

Why I'm OK with my kids "falling behind" in school during the pandemic

https://www.salon.com/2020/08/08/why-im-ok-with-my-kids-falling-behind-in-school-during-the-pandemic

Keep the schools closed??? I DON’T THANK SO pic.twitter.com/AlUUsiEfbG

— Brent Terhune (@BrentTerhune) July 24, 2020

Dave Grohl rips Trump, DeVos on reopening schools: 'Teachers want to teach, not die'

https://theweek.com/speedreads/926985/dave-grohl-rips-trump-devos-reopening-schools-teachers-want-teach-not-die

 

Wholesome Supes

https://imgur.com/gallery/vbqDdOL

Comments on : Rather than die for the economy, teachers are ready to quit

https://www.fark.com/comments/10885201/Rather-than-die-for-economy-teachers-are-ready-to-quit?cpp=1#new

Coronavirus In Schools: Teachers Fear For Their Lives

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/coronavirus-schools-teachers-fear-for-their-lives

Are my kids enjoying lockdown a little too much?

https://theweek.com/articles/923313/are-kids-enjoying-lockdown-little-much

'How the hell are we going to do this?' The panic over reopening schools

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/04/coronavirus-school-opening-348405

Doctors Call For Reopening Schools Despite Coronavirus Crisis

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/29/884638999/u-s-pediatricians-call-for-in-person-school-this-fall

Reopening schools and risk spending: How to get kids back in the classroom this fall.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/reopening-schools-risk-spending-choices.html

13 Typing Games for Kids to Learn How To Type Faster

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/software-reviews/13-typing-games-for-kids-to-learn-how-to-type-faster/

Childhood after coronavirus

https://theweek.com/articles/917037/childhood-after-coronavirus