These are articles titles listed in categories that I have posted to my site in the month of December. I hope you find them useful in your instructional practice.
Instruction
Time Magazine 10 Top Everything of 2013
U.S. High-School Students Slip in Global Rankings |By Stephanie Banchero | Wall Street Journal
PISA Day The Real Work is Just Beginning
The Deepest Learners: What PISA Can Reveal About the Learning that Matters
Q&A: Common Questions About the Common Core | By Adrienne Lu
New Feature: What’s Going On in This Picture?| By Katherine Schulten
Training Teachers to Teach Critical Thinking|Edutopia By Mariko Nobori
You Can’t Teach Understanding |By Grant Wiggins
800 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Teaching Your Students How to Have a Conversation|Edutopia
10 Commandments for New Teachers |The Guardian
Parenting
Survey finds dads defy stereotypes about black fatherhood |LA Times | By Emily Alpert Reyes
The 11-Year-Old Fashion Entrepreneur Behind ‘Mo’s Bows’| By Karsten Strauss, Forbes Staff
The Pitfalls of Parenting| By Danielle C. Belton
Writing
3 Ways to Empower Common Core Writing
How Visual Thinking Improves Writing|By Katrina Schwartz
Reading
ReadWorks.org Meet the Common Core
12 Amazing Authors Reading Live To Your Classroom
The Biggest “No-No” in Reading Instruction|BY Toni McCray
English Language Learner
ESL Students in the General Education Classroom | By Claire McMahon
Technology
The Surprising Ways Social Media Posts Bias Hiring Managers |By Lydia Dishman | Fast Company
The White House Student Film Festival Contest
Anatomy of a Search Page|By Angela Alexander
Codecademy: Hour of Code app teaches programming skills to iPhone owners
Expert-Level Social Media Shortcuts Worth Knowing| By Katie Lepi |Edudemic
Assessment
Different examples of formative assessment
Social Studies/History
The New York Times 2013 The Year in Pictures
Nelson Mandela Resources for Educators| By Teachers.Net News Desk
Science
Neil deGrasse Tyson: By the Book
Behavior Management
Buddy bench at Roundtown Elementary to help foster friendships
Teach2Know 
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