Momentmal / Pixabay As The Washington Post pointed out this week: Ninety years ago this fall, the stock market experienced the Great Crash. Shortly thereafter, America’s economy slumped into the Great Depression. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About The Great Depression .
Q&A Collections: Relationships in Schools is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Relationships in Schools (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
TeroVesalainen / Pixabay In addition to full-time teaching at Luther Burbank High School (this will be my sixteenth year teaching there!), I’ve got a few other things on my agenda over the next twelve months, and thought readers might be interested in hearing about them: Long-Term English Language Learners My fairly lengthy article about last year’s pilot at our school to support Long-Term ELLs w
GregPlom / Pixabay You may have heard Joe Biden talking about a “word gap” that is supposedly experienced by children in many low-income families. If you didn’t hear him, I’ve embedded a video below. More importantly, however, you might be interested in a previous post, The Best Resources For Learning About The “Word Gap.” It talks about some initial studies, along with recent more critical ones.
There Isn’t a ‘Switch’ That Blocks Out Race in the Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Public school student Jehan Pitt and Professor Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, Ph.D., discuss how teachers can deal with the issue of race in the classroom. This is Part Three in a series guest-edited by Shannon R. Waite, Ed.D. Here are some excerpts:
geralt / Pixabay In my IB Theory of Knowledge classes, we obviously often consider the question, “What is knowledge?” “The difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something,” is a quote from Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman in this video. He’s describing what he was taught by his father. I thought I’d share a few other examples I use, or will be using, in my class to help c
mcmurryjulie / Pixabay I’m a big advocate of students assisting other students in a variety of ways (see The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones and The Best Posts On Helping Students Teach Their Classmates — Help Me Find More ). A new way we’ve begun doing this kind of activity is by having my International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge stud
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 19,000 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
Q&A Collections: Teacher Leadership is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Teacher Leadership (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Wokandapix / Pixabay The Democratic candidates for President talked a fair amount about education issues at tonight’s event. You can watch that portion in this embedded video. I’m adding it to THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES’ POLICY POSITIONS:
geralt / Pixabay CNN has just published a useful interactive called Inequality is an undeniable fact in America. It includes a number of interactive graphs on wealth inequality. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality.
12019 / Pixabay World Teachers Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994 – when it was created by UNESCO – celebrates teachers worldwide (in the United States, National Teacher Day is Tuesday in the first full week of May). You might be interested in The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day.
falco / Pixabay Ruby Bridges turned sixty-five this past Sunday. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Ruby Bridges . As your kids start school again tell them about Ruby Bridges—the first black child at all-white public elementary school in South. Sunday was Ruby’s birthday. She's only 65 65. pic.twitter.com/koEHUPSpkz — Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) September 11,
If We ‘Don’t See Race,’ We Don’t See ‘Students’ Magic’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Kris DeFilippis and Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad question teachers who say they “don’t see race,” in this series guest-edited by Shannon R. Waite, Ed.D. Here are some excerpts:
reneebigelow / Pixabay We teachers obviously need to be kind to our students — just because. In the midst of our hectic days, however, it’s probable we miss plenty of opportunities to do so. A new study (focused on employees but, it seems to me, easily applicable to the classroom) finds that small acts of kindness could result in improved student self-efficacy – a sense of confidence that they ca
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
TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay I’ve been sharing a lot of resources related to the amazing NY Times’ 1619 Project (see USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRINGING ENSLAVED AFRICANS TO AMERICA). Now, The National Education Association is with The Times so that all educators can get a free PDF of the articles. Just go here to sign-up to get it!
Q&A Collections: Administrator Leadership is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Administrator Leadership (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
MariaLR / Pixabay September 16th is Mexico’s Independence Day. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Mexico’s Independence Day .
StockSnap / Pixabay Watch and Listen to the Song That Hong Kong’s Youthful Protesters Are Calling Their ‘National Anthem.’ I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Protests In History . Also, I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources Sharing The History Of Teens Organizing For Justice: Hong Kong high-school students formed human chains in solidarity with protesters https://t.co
cromaconceptovisual / Pixabay TED-Ed originally posted this video on its Facebook page, and I wrote about it and their poetry series at that time (see ANIMATED POEM: “ODE TO THE ONLY BLACK KID IN THE CLASS” BY CLINT SMITH). They’ve since begun sharing them on their YouTube channel ( see the playlist here ). I think this one is the best they’ve done so far…. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry
Strong student-adult relationships lower suicide attempts in high schools is an article at The Eureka Alert that summarizes a new study. The results are obviously unsurprising, but any research that reinforces prioritizing relationships in schools can only help. I’m adding this info to The Best Resources Helping Educators Learn About Suicide & Warning Signs .
Author Interview: ‘Collaborative Lesson Study’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Vicki S. Collet agreed to answer a few questions about her book, “Collaborative Lesson Study: ReVisioning Teacher Professional Development.” Here are some excerpts:
cocoparisienne / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change : The Climate Change Tracker shows which countries are most responsible for contributing to climate change. A teachable moment: educators must join students in demanding climate justice is from The Guardian. Is Climate Change a Big Deal? shows how much have temperatures changed in cities across the US.
PaliGraficas / Pixabay The United Nations had declared September 15th to be The International Day of Democracy . You might be interested in: The Best Websites For Learning About Civic Participation & Citizenship The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change The Best Ways To Talk With Someone Who Disagrees With You The Best Sites To Learn About Saul Alinsky The Best Sites For L
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASS INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART ONE. Here are this week’s picks: The Power of Short Writing Assignments comes via Edutopia. I’m adding it to Best Posts On Writing Instruction . Try This! – A Series
My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show is on Lessons Learned About Power Struggles in the Classroom . I’m joined in the conversation by Rita Platt, Gabriella Corales and Heather Wolpert-Gawron, who have all also contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week Teacher column. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
I’ve previously posted about unsurprising research that found low-income students tended to be less motivated in school if they felt that inequality in society reduced the odds of upward mobility for them (see New Study Finds Students Less Motivated In School The More They Think Wealth & Income Inequality Is Stacked Against Them ). I found it particularly disappointing that the study didn’t offer
Q&A Collections: Learning & the Brain is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Learning & the Brain (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Six years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2019 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . You might also w
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. You might also be interested in THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2019 – PART ONE Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Teachers’ belief that math
BiljaST / Pixabay Five years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE. . Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learn
I’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: NYC school diversity panel recommends ending gifted programs in public schools. One member explains the surprising decision. is from The Washington Post. The missing pieces of Americ
The number of refugees in the world is at its highest in history . In the face of this crisis, the Trump administration this coming week is considering a “drastic” cut in accepting refugees. Perhaps to zero. Check out The New York Times article, Trump Administration Considers a Drastic Cut in Refugees Allowed to Enter U.S. I’m adding this info to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Da
The ‘Colorblindness’ of Schools Has ‘Failed Children of Color’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Judd Rothstein and Terri N. Watson, Ph.D., challenge the notion of teacher “colorblindness” in this series
