“The Worst Parent Engagement Ideas”
The Worst Parent Engagement Ideas is an unusual list I’ve just posted at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Feedback is welcome.
“How Economic Inequality Harms Societies”
“How Economic Inequality Harms Societies” is the title of a new TED Talk that I’ve embedded below: How Economic Inequality Is (Literally) Making Us Sick is a new TIME Magazine article on a similar topic. I’m adding them to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality.
Bill Gates Writes Another Guest Column For The Wall Street Journal
Bill Gates (co-authored by his wife, Melinda) has written another guest column for The Wall Street Journal one evaluating teachers. It’s arrogantly titled “Grading the Teachers: Schools have a lot to learn from business about how to improve performance, say Bill and Melinda Gates.” Walt Gardner posted a good critique of their column at Ed [...]
Diwali Resources
The Hindu celebration of Diwali in 2011 will start on Wednesday, the 26th of October and will continue for 5 days until Sunday, the 30th of October. I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About Diwali.
I’ll Be A Guest On #UrbanEd Next Sunday (Plus Some Neat Twitter Tools)
This is an all-in-one post on Twitter: First, I’ll be a guest on #urbaned Chat on Twitter next Sunday at 6:00 PM Pacific/ 9:00 PM Eastern time, and will be discussing motivation. Second, if you want to know how to participate in a Chat on Twitter, Read Write Web just posted How to Get Started [...]
Even More Halloween Resources
Here are the newest additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween: Haunting Ideas: Halloween in the Classroom and ‘On the Street’ is from The New York Times Learning Network. What will Americans be dressing up as this Halloween? is a useful infographic from Newsweek. Amazing Literature-Inspired Jack-O’-Lanterns
Very Thoughtful Report On Issues Around Teacher Seniority
What’s Missing In The Debate On Senority? is a new report from Annenberg Institute for School Reform. It’s probably the best analysis of the topic that I’ve seen. I’m adding it to The Best Articles For Helping To Understand Both Why Teacher Tenure Is Important & The Reasons Behind Seniority-Based Layoffs.
More Research Showing Why Inductive Learning Works
The Mind Hacks blog revisits an older study that restates why inductive learning, student autonomy, and choice works in the classroom. The blog also has a useful chart. It’s worth checking-out but, in summary, it discusses findings that students will remember things far better if they bring their own meaning to in a way they [...]
Benefits To Attending College
Here are new additions to “The Best Resources For Showing Students Why They Should Continue Their Academic Career”: Who is falling out of the middle class, in one chart is from The Washington Post, and shows the importance of education to economic security. Education Five Times More Important Than Gender for Income is from The [...]
The Best Posts & Articles On Recent Study About Student Anxiety
Earlier this month, and earlier this year, Professor Sian Beilock released two widely publicized studies — one on the causes of math anxiety among students and the other a related one on “choking” under pressure. The both included potential interventions, including “taking 10 minutes before a high-stakes situation to write about goals and worries.” I [...]