“You Bet Your LIFO” You Bet Your LIFO (last in/first out) is a great post by Nancy Flanagan at Ed Week. Because of its connection (though it’s not necessarily the same issue) to tenure, I’m adding it to The Best Articles For Helping To Understand Why Teacher Tenure Is ...
“Social and emotional learning programs found to boost students’ skills” A major new study just came out reaffirming what most teachers already know — that helping students develop their capacity for self control and to identify positive goals helps them be more successful academically. Coincidentally, that’s the topic of ...
Talking To Students About Their Reading (& Their Data) As regular readers know, our school works closely with Kelly Young from Pebble Creek Labs on our curriculum and instructional strategies. One of the Pebble Creek-designed assessments we use in our English classes is having students complete the same ...
“Thousands Gather To Mourn Hmong Leader Vang Pao” Thousands Gather To Mourn Hmong Leader Vang Pao is the title of the NPR story on the six day funeral in Fresno for Hmong leader General Vang Pao. I’m adding it to The Best Websites To Learn About The Hmong.
The Most Popular Stories On NPR As I’ve explained in earlier pieces, I periodically post “most popular” lists of websites (and books) that I think educators might find useful. Of course, there are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to ...
Lots Of New Lessons & Resources On Egypt Protests Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Protests In Egypt: Protests Sweep Middle East is a page of resources from Scholastic. Teaching About Events in the Middle East: Lesson Plan is from The Huffington Post. Violent ...
For Theory Of Knowledge Teachers In addition to teaching Intermediate English and mainstream English classes (and sometimes Social Studies classes), I also teach IB Theory of Knowledge classes and sometimes share TOK resources on this blog. I’ve recently posted quite a few new ...
