Program Offers Parenting Classes To Latino Families
Parenting classes tailored for Latino families show promise in closing achievement gap is a post over at Ed Source that is worth reading. I’d be interested in hearing from other people who have had experience with the program described in the article. It’s called “Abriendo Puertas.”
Another Reason To Wonder About Huge Parent Engagement Experiment In Providence
I’ve previously published a couple of posts wondering about a $5 million dollar experiment with low-income families being done in Providence, Rhode Island (see Could Providence’s Word Counting Project Be A “Boondoggle” As Well As Being Creepy?). A new study seems to question the research behind that experiment. Check out my other blog for a [...]
Useful Collection Of Parent Involvement Articles
Education World has an extensive collection of short articles related to parent involvement in schools. I’m sure they vary in quality, but the list is at least worth a visit….
“Parent-Teacher relationships: They didn’t just name an organization after them for fun”
Parent-Teacher relationships: They didn’t just name an organization after them for fun is a blog post by teacher Starr Sackstein that offers good, basic advice aimed towards high school teachers. It’s worth a look….
Finally Began Working On My Next Book About Student Motivation….
Today, I began work on the third book in my “trilogy” on helping students develop intrinsic motivation. Unlike the first two books, though, I’m not writing this one in one summer. I’ve taken the sane route and will be working … Continue reading →
The Best Resources For Learning About The “Maker Movement” — Help Me Find More
The Maker Movement has been receiving more and more attention lately. I thought I’d quickly bring together a few links giving an introduction to it, and invite readers to contribute more. Here is a beginning list: Invent To Learn: Makers … Continue reading →
Intriguing Study Seems To Question Importance Of Word Quantity Spoken To Young Children
As far as I can tell — and I hope readers will let me know if I’m wrong — it’s been generally accepted that a child’s success in school can be directly connected to the number of words they hear … Continue reading →
Two Ongoing Discussions On This Blog: Sugata Mitra & Ruby Payne
Readers might be interested in revisiting two of my previous posts that have ongoing lively discussions in their comment sections: A Response To Questions About Sugata Mitra is a guest post written by Rory Gallagher, which was written after I … Continue reading →
Wow, Must-Read New Issue Of “American Educator” On Teaching English Language Learners!
The summer issue of American Educator (from The American Federation Of Teachers) has three very important articles on teaching English Language Learners, and they’ve made all three available in one easy-to-download PDF. If only other journals would be as generous … Continue reading →
Want To Make A Meme?
I’ve previously posted a quasi-in depth post on Internet Meme’s, how to make them, and their potential classroom use (see Creating An Internet Meme With Makr.io). Now, Wendi Pillars has just tweeted about another tool for using to create them. … Continue reading →
AOL Unveils RSS Reader That Isn’t Half-Bad
AOL unveiled a Google Reader today that isn’t half-bad. It uploaded my Google Reader subscription file in seconds, and it has easy sharing functions. I’m adding it to The Best Alternatives To Google Reader Now That It’s Being Shut Down. … Continue reading →