Albert’s Index: Top Blogs for School Administrators – This is an impressive list of people you should follow. I’m so proud to make it at #18. Thanks for helping me make it happen. @learnwithalbert
Social/Mobile Media Education
15 Site Speed Tips for Making WordPress Lightning Fast – If you or your school uses WordPress like I do, this may help. If you find it too nerdy share it with your tech people. @wpengine
The Worst Approach to Teaching Students About Social Media – Another of the Albert Index’s top bloggers weighs in with advice for parents. @gcouros
Learning
Ten Tips for Preventing the Summer Slide – Teachers should share this with parents and work with them to set up a plan. @Lynch39083 @AdvocateforEd
Leadership/Parenting
The epidemic that’s ruining youth sports – All parents need to read this. Also, see my post Why Would Anyone Let Their Kid Play Football or Anything Else? Education Week Online, 04/15/2015. @KirFlem @nypost
Seven Characteristics Of Teachers Who Effectively Use Technology – Have teachers you know check themselves against these criteria. @TeachThought @MissGEnrique
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
I’m seeing these overuse injuries in younger and younger people,” says Michael A. Kelly, MD, chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hackensack University Medical Center. @HackensackUMC
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
GPS Is Free, and You Have the US Military To Thank. This is something that you and your kids should know. It’s a great physics lesson. @SimScale @Fiosracht
Recent Book Summaries, Original Work, and Guest Posts
Teen Driving Basics: What Your New Driver Should Know About Car Maintenance by Mark Conor
Three Cornerstones to Consider When Choosing an Essay Writing Company by Lucy Adam
Good Luck Learning a Foreign Language in American Schools – This is my latest post for Starr Sackstein’s Ed Week Teacher blog. I don’t mean it as criticism of foreign language teachers. @DrDougGreen @mssackstein
Use Text Messaging to Connect with Parents and Improve Student Performance by Ken Rhie
Special Education 2.0: Breaking Taboos to Build a NEW Education Law by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman
Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Outcomes by Yong Zhao & Friends
Never Send a Human to Do a Machine’s Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes by Yong Zhao, Gaoming Zhang, Jing Lei, and Wei Qiu
Check out my tes author page. @DrDougGreen @tesusa
Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein
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