I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE TWELFT
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2018 – PART TWO ):’ 6 Steps to Equitable Data Analysis is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven” Student Outcomes: Does More Money Really Matter? is from Ed We
On the eve of World Refugee Day ( see The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day ), the United Nations has announced the number of refugees in the world is the highest in UN history (see NPR’s story, Nearly 71 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide In 2018, U.N. Report Says and the NY Times article, Number of People Fleeing Conflict Is Highest Since World War II, U.N. Says ). Accord
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think is new, very long, and somewhat rambling article in The Atlantic. Nevertheless, it contains some interesting data (and non-data) suggesting that unlike most professions, those who are teachers ten to improve as we age. I’ve previously shared similar research in The Best Articles For Helping To Understand Both Why Teacher Tenure Is I
Administrators Shouldn’t Try ‘Too Many Initiatives’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. A five-part series on mistakes made by school administrators is wrapped-up with commentaries from Dr. Lynell Powell, Stuart Ablon, Alisha Pollastri, Diane Mora and many comments from readers. Here are some excerpts:
A big new study was released today examining the role of teacher expectations on student educational achievement. It’s titled Teacher Expectations Matter , and was authored by Nicholas W. Papageorge, Seth Gershenson and Kyung Min Kang. Unfortunately, it’s behind a paywall. I was able to read the entire study, though, and thought this was a key paragraph: In summary, our findings show that expecta
President Trump announced that mass deportations of families would begin next week (see Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week ). When will this insanity stop? You might find these resources helpful: The Best Practical Resources For Helping Teachers, Students & Families Respond To Immigration Challenges “Give me your tired, your poor, your
Google has released their third online Carmen Sandiego game. This one is called The Keys To The Kremlin Caper . A video preview is embedded below. Here are posts about the previous two games: “WHERE ON GOOGLE EARTH IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?” IS A NEAT NEW GEOGRAPHY GAME GOOGLE SHARES A SECOND ONLINE CARMEN SANDIEGO GAME
Administrators Can’t Lead From ‘the Confines of Their Office’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Julie Hasson, Ryan Huels, David Bosso, Cindy Terebush and Kelly Wickham Hurst contribute their thoughts on administrators and the mistakes they make. Here are some excerpts:
