Links in Education Week: May 9, 2012

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Researchers Cite Social Benefits in Coed Classes

• “Gender Similarities Characterize Math Performance” is by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Teachers Reflect Standards in Basals

• Student Achievement Partners has created a guide to crafting text-dependent questions.

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Math Teaching Often Doesn’t Fit With Common-Core Standards

• The survey “The Challenge of Implementing the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics” is by Michigan State University.

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Despite a Downturn, Few Men Attracted to Teaching Field

• Go Where You Belong: Male Teachers as Cultural Workers in the Lives of Children, Families, and Communities was published in 2011.

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N.Y.C. Outlines Social-Media Guidelines for Educators

• The New York City Department of Education announced its social-media guidelines for educators in an April 30, 2012 letter.

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Growing Use of Digital Games in K-8 Fueled by Teachers, Survey Finds

• “Teacher Attitudes About Digital Games in the Classroom” is by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop.