Quote Of The Day: “2014 Resolution: Stop Watching Feel-Good Teacher Movies”
2014 Resolution: Stop Watching Feel-Good Teacher Movies is an excellent article in The Atlantic. I have several other similar indictments of how teachers are often portrayed in film that can be found at The Best Places To Learn About (And View Video Clips Of) Teachers In The Movies, but Joshua John Mackin really does do an exceptional job in this article (including making ed policy connections). H
Great Flow Chart For Making New Year’s Resolutions
Journalist and author Charles Duhigg (read my interview with him at Education Week) has posted a great flow chart on making New Year’s resolutions. I’m embedding a small image below, but you probably want to go directly to his site. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Help Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Succeed.
Start Off The New Year With This Excellent Classroom Advice
I’ve written a lot about Marvin Marshall’s positive classroom management advice. Here are a couple of his recent posts that I think are particularly good to reflect on as we begin a new year: One is titled Relationships Reduce Discipline Problems. It emphasizes the importance of relationships and shares a number of questions we should ask ourselves. Here’s a small sampling: Dr. Phelps Wilkins, fo
“How To Make Better Mistakes”
I’ve written a lot about the value in teachers and students making mistakes — and learning from them. In fact, you can find all my posts about that topic in The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures. This week, writer Daniel Coyle wrote a good post I’m adding to that list titled How To Make Better Mistakes. Here’s an excerpt:
Arne Duncan Strikes Again: “U.S. education officials lobbied against Starr for New York City schools post”
The Washington Post reports that U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan lobbied the new New York City mayor to not hire Montgomery Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr as the city’s next schools chancellor (see “U.S. education officials lobbied against Starr for New York City schools post“). You can read more about Superintendent Starr’s views in a guest response he wrote last year for my Educatio
Some Final “Words Of The Year” Features
Here are a few final additions to The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2013: Words that should be banned in 2014 (selfie, twerk, etc.) is from The Washington Post. Be gone, selfie! And take twerk with you! is from CNN. 20 of 2013′s most overused words is from The BBC.
From The Archives: “What Do School Reform Technocrats and Failed Urban Renewal Schemes Have in Common?”
I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m highlighting a piece I wrote in The Huffington Post over three years ago, What Do School Reform Technocrats and Failed Urban Renewal Schemes Have in Common? Here’s an excerpt:
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2013
It’s that time of year again — time to share the choices from readers of this blog for the best education-related book they read in the this past year. You might also be interested in: The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2012 The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2011 The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2010 The Best E
12-31-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: More Good Resources On Asking QuestionsHere are new additions to The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good Questions: I really like This Post Will Make You A More Effective Communicator In 90 Seconds by Shane Snow. Asking Better Questions: 6 Ways to Improve Classroom Discussions is from ASCD. For Students, Why the Que