You’ll want to watch this short Oscar-nominated film (and you might want to show it to your students) about a pro-Nazi 1939 rally at Madison Square Garden. A Night At The Garden has a lot of potential for classroom use. You can also read about the lone protester who tried to disrupt it at The Washington Post’s When Nazis rallied in Manhattan, one working-class Jewish man from Brooklyn took them o
geralt / Pixabay There is obviously a lot of teacher unrest these days in education and, this week, two excellent articles have been published to give overviews of its cause and potential solutions (as well as challenges to those answers). First, NPR’s piece, Oakland, Los Angeles And More To Come: Why Teachers Keep Going On Strike provides a good national overview. Then, Ed Source’s article, Cali
In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth blogging about, I post a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2018 – So Far ). I also sometimes include tech tools or articles about them that might not exactly fit the definition of Web 2.0. You might also be interested in: SIX TOOLS
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 17,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post). You might also be interested in My Seven Most Popular Pins In 2018
Here’s the latest edition of this regular feature . These are the posts appearing this blog that received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date). You might also be interested in IT’S THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS and THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – 2018.
O12 / Pixabay The #NewAreciboMessage is an effort by astronomers to enlist students and teachers to design a message to be sent to help contact possible aliens: The main goal of this activity is to educate the youth on Radio Astronomy techniques and Exoplanetary cutting-edge science, presenting the uniqueness of the Arecibo Observatory capability and raising the awareness of the possible risks in
succo / Pixabay Here’s the latest on today’s Oakland teacher’s strike, just down the road from us: ‘I can’t afford to live here’: Oakland teachers strike in city changed by tech wealth is from The Guardian. Distrust is a central issue in Oakland teachers’ strike is from EdSource. Oakland school strike: Teachers picket, classrooms empty and no end in sight is from The San Francisco Chronicle. Teac
WikiImages / Pixabay In TED-Ed’s newest lesson and video: Learn about the life of Bayard Rustin, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, a gay rights activist, and one of Martin Luther King’s closest advisors. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Malcolm X was assassinated 54 years ago today. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning & Teaching About Malcolm X . 54 years ago today, #MalcolmX was assassinated. I’m holding his daughters close to my heart and praying for their strength. Love to you, my friend, @ilyasahShabazz . pic.twitter.com/s90HwmUYIh — Be A King (@BerniceKing) February 21, 2
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Ridiculous research came out earlier this month saying that English Language Learners can benefit from being retained in third grade. I didn’t share it on this blog at the time because it was obviously ridiculous – overwhelming research has documented the damaging effects of grade retention (see The Best Resources For Learning About Grade Retention, Social Promotion
How Should Schools Respond to Discipline Disparities Affecting Black Girls? is a special edition of Classroom Q & A at Education Week Teacher. Today’s introduction is written by Dr. Terri N. Watson, who is also guest-editing the series. Feel free to leave responses in the comments section there or here….
12019 / Pixabay UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, just published this animated video. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day .
