Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts gave a speech at his ninth-grade son’s graduation, and it’s been receiving rave reviews across the land. It really is a good speech, and you can watch it in the video embedded below, and you can read the transcript here . But, ever since I heard about it last week, something has been bothering me. His son’s school is an exclusive one (its six week summer s
Author Interview: ‘Making Evaluation Meaningful’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, PJ Caposey agreed to answer a few questions about his new book, “Making Evaluation Meaningful: Transforming the Conversation to Transform Schools.” Here are a few excerpts:
I’ve recently begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists: I’m adding this video from the Harvard Business Review to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students (it’s about this article ): HOW CAN TEACHERS DEVELOP THEIR OWN SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS? is from Ed Week. The power of givers:They boost auto
This is from The United Nations : Every year on 18 July — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the UN asks individuals around the world to mark Nelson Mandela International Day (18 July) by making a difference in their communities. Everyone has the ability and the responsibility to change the world for the better, and Mandela Day is an occasion for everyone to take action and inspire change. You mig
Wordsmyth seems like an exceptional online dictionary that lets you create several different types of vocabulary quizzes. Teachers can get accounts for free. The site has many other features, as well. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Create Online Tests . However, Bob Parks (its creator) tells me that they “are developing new functionality for teachers, including a full vocabulary study system.”
The only time I’ve co-taught a class was an ELL Beginners/Intermediate combo that my co-author and colleague Katie Hull and I did several years ago. I do know, however, that many ELL teachers are in situations where they either go in to a class to support students when the content teacher is teaching, or pull ELLs out to support content instruction. I thought it would be useful to start a list wi
In no surprise to teachers and parents everywhere, a new study finds that punishing someone for their behavior may actually result in an increase in the behavior that’s being targeted. Science Daily published a summary of the study under the headline Motivation through punishment may not work . Here’s an excerpt: The experiment itself was a series of experiments where participants would get elect
Sacred Places, Sacred Ways is a nice interactive map to five places “revered” by some of the world’s key religions. I’m adding it to The Best Websites To Learn About Various Religions & English .
