“TEACH” Is Showing On CBS This Friday — It’s The Second Film Davis Guggenheim Has Done This Year To Make-Up For “Waiting For Superman”
Davis Guggenheim is sure in overdrive to make-up for all the harm he caused with his awful movie, Waiting For Superman (see The Best Posts & Articles About The Teacher-Bashing “Waiting For Superman” Movie & Associated Events). First, he worked with campaigners for The Dream Act to produce The Dream Is Now (that thirty minute film is embedded below). Now, he’s produced TEACH, a documentar
The Best Infographics About Teaching & Learning English As A Second (or Third!) Language
I thought readers might appreciate this collection: Learn English with Kaplan How to learn English via Kaplan Blog How to learn English via Kaplan Blog Love learning English with Kaplan Learn English with Kaplan Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. If you’re reading this post on an RSS Reader, I think you’ll have to click t
“What Advice Would You Give Someone Who Wants To Be A Principal?”
What Advice Would You Give Someone Who Wants To Be A Principal? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave you advice in the comments over there or here.
A Little Respect Can Go A Long Way In The Classroom
Today was the third day of school. Three times a year, one of the many formative assessments we do in ninth-grade is have students read two passages to us for a minute each so we can gauge their reading fluency. I always set a couple of chairs just outside the door so the student can read privately and I can keep a close eye on what’s happening in the classroom. The rest of the class was focused
New Study: “Using harsh verbal discipline with teens found to be harmful”
A new study has found that: Many American parents yell or shout at their teenagers. A new longitudinal study has found that using such harsh verbal discipline in early adolescence can be harmful to teens later. Instead of minimizing teens’ problematic behavior, harsh verbal discipline may actually aggravate it. The findings obviously can be related to classroom discipline, as well, and are relate
New Issue Of ASCD Educational Leadership Is Out – Here Are Some Articles Worth Reading
ASCD has just published the September issue of their periodical, Educational Leadership. Its theme is “Resilience and Learning.” Here are some highlights: The Significance of Grit: A Conversation with Angela Lee Duckworth doesn’t really have anything new to people familiar with Duckworth’s work, but it does provide a good overview. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Importa
9-2-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Extremely Positive Review Of Our ESL/ELL BookThe Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language — August, 2013 has just published a very positive review of our book, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide. Look for it under “Reviews” on the right side of the page. It’s a pretty lengthy review by Grace Christino at the Un