Important Report On Parent Engagement Released Today
Family-School-Community Partnerships 2.0: Collaborative Strategies to Advance Student Learning is the lengthy name of an excellent report released today by the National Education Association.
It highlights sixteen family-school-community partnerships, including the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project.
Here are important links:
You can access the entire report here.
I Like “Themeefy”
Themeefy lets you grab pretty much anything you want off the Web, and add your own materials, to create a personalized magazine that can be shared/embedded wherever you want. It looks pretty neat and simple. Though it’s different from the … Continue reading →
VidCaster Might Be Useful
VidCaster is a new site that lets you automatically import all the videos you might have on your account at YouTube (I don’t think they use the term “import” — it may be more like “sync-up”) and create your own … Continue reading →
“When Students Focus On Tests, They Are Not Taking The Time To Think About Why They Are Learning”
When students focus on tests, they are thinking about what they need to remember to get a good grade, he said. They are not taking the time to think about why they are learning this information, and why it is … Continue reading →
“Important Report On Parent Engagement Released Today”
“Important Report On Parent Engagement Released Today” is the title of a new post at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. If you have any interest in parent engagement, it’s a “must-read.”
My Nominations For The Edublog Awards
Nominations for this year’s Edublog Awards are now open. I think the whole process is a great way to learn about exceptional resources that are out there, so I’m an enthusiastic supporter! I’m only going to offer nominations for a … Continue reading →
Good Occupy Wall Street Lesson Plan
Moving the Movement: Analyzing the Future of Occupy Wall Street is a very good lesson plan published by The New York Times Learning Network. Considering the removal of protestors from the New York City site, it could be a very … Continue reading →
Reminder About Free Resources From My “Helping Students Motivate Themselves” Book
I just wanted to remind readers that Eye On Education, the publisher of my “Helping Students Motivate Themselves” book, has the first chapter and online links for the entire book available for free on its website. In fact, the chapter … Continue reading →
“Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Education Research”
“Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Education Research” is my newest column at Education Week Teacher. It includes guest responses from The Shanker Institute’s Matthew Di Carlo and P.L. Thomas from Furman University.
“Trapit” Opens To The Public
I posted about Trapit in June, and it has just opened to the public. I would characterize it as a way to create your own online personalized newspaper, which is why it’s on The Best Sites For Creating Personalized “Newspapers” … Continue reading →
“Graph Words”
Graph Words is a new very simple visual thesaurus. It’s not as fancy as some of the other similar applications out there, but I think some of them are actually pretty confusing to English Language Learners. I’m adding it to … Continue reading →
“Parent Trigger R.I.P.”
Parent Trigger R.I.P. is the title of a new post at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. You might find it interesting…
Another Amazing Video Taken From The International Space Station
Here’s another amazing video taken from The International Space Station. I’m adding it to The Best Images Taken In Space.
The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011
It’s that time of year again when I start posting year-end “The Best….” lists. Coincidentally, this one is also the eight-hundredth “The Best…” list I’ve published! You can see them all here. I figured it was appropriate to make number … Continue reading →
Nominations For Edublog Awards Now Open!
Nominations for this year’s Edublog Awards are now being accepted! You can learn all about deadlines, the nominating process, and categories at Nominations Open – The 2011 Edublog Awards are on!
Research Studies Of The Week
I often write about research studies from various field and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies … Continue reading →
“Jim Crow Is Dead, But His Cousins Are Still Alive”
The New York Times editorial writers might not have any idea about what they’re talking about when they write on education issues, but they’ve certainly nailed things on the Alabama immigration law. Their recent editorial, On the Rise in Alabama, … Continue reading →
More Google+ Resources
Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning What Google+ Is All About: Google+ recently launched “Google Pages,” which allow organizations and businesses to participate in the social network. Richard Byrne has a good post describing them. … Continue reading →
“WingClips” Could Be Very Useful — With Important Caveats
WingClips has organized a huge number of short clips from movies thematically — perseverance, responsibility — and then lets you show them from the site or embed them elsewhere. The important caveats are that it clearly comes from a religious, … Continue reading →
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Articles & Posts
Here are some recent good school reform-related posts and articles: Struggling Schools and the Problem with the “Shut It Down” Mentality is by Robert Slavin at Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Four … Continue reading →
“The Best Resources On ‘Becoming What We Read’”
Because of an increasing number of studies on the topic, I’ve just converted an older post on the impact reading has on empathy into The Best Resources On “Becoming What We Read.” You might want to check it out and … Continue reading →