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Twitter chat archive about Grit and Growth Mindsets

""I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time," Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk. (Really, it's hilarious.) "I'm like Shakira meets Muhammad Ali." With grace and wit, the Arab-American comedian takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her adventures as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist and advocate for the disabled."

A story of high school inclusion: an ethnographic case study Ann Marie McKee University of Iowa

"Middle School Teams Increasing Access to General Education for Students With Significant Disabilities: Issues Encountered and Activities Observed Across Contexts"

Strategies for Success: Creating Inclusive Classrooms that Work

Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities A Vision for the Future edited by Martin Agran, Ph.D. University of Wyoming, Laramie

"Our programs address eight significant social justice issues. These issues are grounded in our mission and history."

Video of a young man who works at Little Tikes in Hudson. Part of Walmart series.

There is significant research available on the benefits of audiobooks for young people. Below is a lengthy annotated bibliography of articles and other resources lauding the effects of audiobooks on children.

From Char Shyrock's blog

Thank you Cindi! This LiveBinder was designed for Ohio educators preparing students for Next Generation Assessments based on Ohio's New Learning Standards. It is a presentation binder as well as a collection of resources for any Ohio teacher. The blue tabs represent the main topics, and the gray subtabs contain specific ideas/resources.

collaborative reading site

"Embed a layer of questions, quizzes, and rich media into any reading assignment. Track mastery of literacy skills and Common Core standards in real-time."

Only works with Word 2013

"A space to share my own creations, and other interesting bits that cover combining assistive technology, instructional technology and curriculum creation for students with special needs. My personal passion within teaching is finding a way to teach my students the functional academics they need to learn, while still meeting the requirements to teach to state standards. The fusion is possible, but it is a lot of work. I hope that this will grow to become a repository of sample materials that other teachers can use to support their classrooms."

Our mission is to bridge research and practice by framing important issues, producing and disseminating new research and distilling the implications for action by decision makers. The AGI promotes excellence with equity as the defining goal. Not only should there be group proportional equality-where group-level characteristics such as race or socioeconomic status have no bearing on an individual's educational achievement-there should also be excellence