Encourage learning by allowing students to do things they are good at instead of restricting them. While that may sound elementary, Lehmann's speech carves out an innovative way to teach students success so they will strive for success in the post-graduate world.
Principal of Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. On PSSA standardized testing ~2:20 "What we are doing today today is worse than what you think. We give them pretests and find out what they are worst in. And then we give them more of that [and try to fix it]... iIt's only making sure you don't suck so much at the things you're bad at."
Another cool tool. This is from a UK site so they call these "plenaries" but they are 140 lesson plan ideas. You'll have to sign up for a free TES account but this is a cool powerpoint.
Bev Evans is very popular Special needs teacher in the UK who has shared over 500 free resources for teachers that she uses with her students. She has a child with special needs and is just a cool person. @tes_sen is her twitter handle. She is definitely one that special needs teachers want to follow.
An interesting contribution by psychologists to a field usually left to educational researchers. Given how dominant the belief in 'learning styles' has become in education it is quite troubling.