Quote Of The Day: “Lifelines For Poor Children”
James Heckman has a powerful column in today’s New York Times titled Lifelines For Poor Children. Here’s an excerpt: You can see my previous posts about his work: Prof. James Heckman Says Adolescence Is Key Time To Teach (& Learn About) Self-Control & Perseverance Quote Of The Day: Dr. James Heckman On The “Worst Fallacy In This Business” I’m adding this post to The Best Social Emotional
The Best Resources For Learning About The Birmingham Church Bombing
Fifty years ago today four African-American girls were killed when their church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama. I thought readers would find it helpful to have a short list of related resources. You can find all my “Best” lists connected to the Civil Rights Movement here. Most of these links have many multimedia resources: Birmingham remembers 4 little girls 50 years after infamous church bomb
Video: “Giving”
I think this would be a good video to show to English Language Learners and have them describe what is happening. Thanks to Michelle Henry for the tip:
September’s Infographics & Interactives Galore — Part One
There are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’m starting a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Infographics and by searching “infographics” on this blog. I’ll still be publishing separate posts to individually highlight especially useful infographics and interactives, but y
Another Study Shows The Benefits Of Reading For Pleasure
Thanks to Michelle Gunderson, I’ve learned about yet another study showing the importance of students reading for pleasure. Here are some excerpts from a report on it appearing at Centre for Longitudinal Studies: The research was conducted by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown, who analysed the reading behaviour of approximately 6,000 young people being followed by the 1970 British Cohort Study, wh
Guest Post: Commentary On New Theory of Knowledge Guide
As regular readers know, in addition to sharing my thoughts on the new International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge Guide, I’ve been publishing guest posts from TOK textbook authors and educators from around the world. You can see them all at The Best Commentaries On The New IB Theory Of Knowledge Teaching Guide. post is by Michael Dunn, creator of theoryofknowledge.net. Michael Dunn is the cr
“Advice for Educators Wanting to be Principals — Part One”
Advice for Educators Wanting to be Principals — Part One is my newest post over at Education Week Teacher. This week’s guest responses come from Lyn Hilt, Joe Mazza, and Cheryl James-Ward, along with a few thoughts of my own.
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 9-14-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYAround The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLI’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: EFL teacher Carissa Peck shares Ways to Keep in Touch with parents at her blog. Stanfo