UT: Court Strikes Down Voucher Program
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Utah privateers were pretty excited about getting a taxpayer-funded school
voucher program through the legislature. HB 215 pulled off that trick in
part by...
RIP, Libraries and Museums
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On our way home from the Network for Public Education conference, earlier
this month, we jogged to the right and spent a night in Cleveland, so we
could vi...
Bye Bye, Tennessee Non-Achievement School District
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If your memory is good, you may recall Arne Duncan’s Race to the Top, which
had $5 billion of unrestricted funds with which to spur education reform.
Dunca...
TRUMP AND THE C-WORD
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*TRUMP AND THE C-WORD*
*CHAOS, CONFUSION, AND CRAZIES*
American politics, where the stage is perpetually set for drama, comedy,
and the occasional trage...
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
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The clear-cutting across the federal government under President Donald
Trump has been dramatic, with mass terminations, the suspension of
decades-old ...
The Four Angry Ship Builders
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Charlotte said, "I'm going to build a ship," and got to work arranging the
blocks.
Ships have always been a popular way for the kids to use our large wo...
Seattle School Board Meeting, April 23, 2025
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*Update:*
There are 25 people on the list for public testimony and 80(!) on the
waitlist. Clearly, people want to be heard.
People on the waitlist most...
Il Papa è Morto
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Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he
lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church
acce...
Wherefore Art Thou, Jesus?
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[Header Photo by Stephanie Klepacki on Unsplash] With Easter just behind
us, mainstream Christians in the US have experienced a high period of
religious ho...
Wherefore Art Thou, Jesus?
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[Header Photo by Stephanie Klepacki on Unsplash] With Easter just behind
us, mainstream Christians in the US have experienced a high period of
religious ho...
SUBSTACK: The right to think at all
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https://writersforda.substack.com/p/the-right-to-think-at-all?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=53vax&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Spring
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Did Spring come early this year? Or late? For me, I don’t know. My mom got
sick, diagnosed in January, and that’s been hard. I’ve been up a few times.
We’v...
Student Outcome Focused Governance is Impuissant
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By Thomas Ultican 4/21/2025 The night NPE2025 in Columbus ended; I ate
dinner with two ladies from Pittsburgh. They informed me about Student
Outcome Focus...
What Is Happening is Not Normal.
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*What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not
Normal.*
*David Brooks. Conservative columnist. NYT. *
https://www.nyti...
“IF YOU’VE EVER WONDERED…….
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“If you’ve wondered what you would have done if you’d lived in Nazi Germany
during Hitler’s rise to power, it’s what you are doing right now.” That’s
not t...
Rubby Peréz and The Ties That Bind Us All
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Let me take it back to 1994. I was in the seventh grade and, at the time,
my mom took our family to her first ...
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The Seamy Side of CTE
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Vocational education, now called Career Technical Education (CTE),
emphasizing STEM, has always been important for students who are not
college-bound or ...
A Story of Three Graduations
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I am finishing my eighth year teaching high school seniors. My
then-principal (now retired) approached me nine years ago about switching
from sophomore Eng...
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
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Eight 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 ...
Trump plays Putin’s Playbook
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Recently Aleksander Dugin was interviewed on CNN, last week, and he stated
that he believes Trump is closer ideologically to President Putin than to
Washin...
Risks of using AI in the classroom
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April 8, 2025 The annual conference of Network for Public Education, on
whose board I sit, was held last weekend in Columbus, Ohio. It was
terrific as usu...
¿Qué hace falta para que gane la resistencia?
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Una ola de resistencia se levanta. ¿Qué hará falta para que ganemos?
Dondequiera que miremos, una ola de resistencia se levanta. Mi corazón se
llena de ale...
Mike Shulman the ARISE UFT Judenrat
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I was surprised to learn that Mike Shulman has aligned himself with ARISE.
I previously supported him, advocating that the Castle Doctrine could have
bee...
Trump actually already can serve a third term
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and even a fourth and a fifth ….
so could Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama.
There are no limits on how many terms a President can serve
Here are the relevan...
How Do We Fight Trump?
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Dear Friends, I don’t know when and why it hit me. But I suddenly realized
how serious Trump is about changing the country into something that
horrifies. I...
March’s Parent Engagement Resources
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What does our research say about grades, attendance, test scores, & “on
track” metrics for @chipubschools.bsky.social students? How can parents use
this in...
Are we all on the same team?
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Copied from Quora; I didn’t write any of this… As an American I ask my
fellow Americans, why can’t you realize at the end of the day we are all on
the same...
Who is the new CEO of Teach For America?
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From 1990 until 2013, the CEO of TFA was the founder, Wendy Kopp. Under her
leadership the program grew from a small organization that struggled to
make pa...
Site Index - Updated December 31, 2024
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When I was teaching,
I got tired of hearing how bad American educators were.
*My Promise *
WHEN I STARTED BLOGGING IN 2011, I said I planned to speak ...
Defining Productivity, Cost, and Efficiency
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Recycled material here… The central problem with US public schools is often
characterized as an efficiency problem. We spend a lot and don’t get much
for i...
Number 18 — A barely-hanging-on Blogoversary
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Blogoversary #18 SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 I started this blog while I was still
teaching, in 2006. I had just begun my 31st year as an educator. Just like
in pre...
Student "Growth" Measures Are STILL Biased
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This caught my attention:
New Jersey school districts may soon be evaluated differently, *with a
greater emphasis on student growth* as compared to stud...
AIN’T IT AWFUL
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As the terrible feelings of dread and angst spread across the world the
great majority of the American people feel powerless before the onslaught
of those ...
Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us
in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we
wer...
Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago
Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation.
The meetin...
There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not.
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not
that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough
teachers cer...
Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama
have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun
with...
Have You Heard Has a New Website
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TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at
www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire
archive. And be sure to check out...
Follow me at Substack
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I've moved. Follow me at Substack
I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new
Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College
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[image: colorful classroom pattern]
*; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images*
Cory Turner | NPR
New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...
Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala
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Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah
dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca
artikel ini a...
The Threat of Integration
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I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles
for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction
with th...
We fight for a democracy worthy of us all!
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The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García
in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and
it’s up...
The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this
afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved
ones. We ar...
The Fight For Our Children
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*The number of suicides among people ages 10 to 24 nationally increased by
56 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to a new federal report showing
the ...
Read to Self: Just a Kid and a Book.
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Date: Monday, January 5, 2020 Place: My classroom Student: Mrs.Mims, could
we start doing Read to Self again because I got this great book for
Christmas an...
Reminiscences
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I just finished dumping the rest of my lesson plans. I guess I held on to
the calculus ones for so long because I spent so much time working on them
an...
Just Asking for some Teachers I know.
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Recently Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stated, We must … recognize that
part of supporting our kids in the classroom means supporting the educators
who t...
Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online
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Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik
itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah
perta...
A Critique of Standards-Based Grading
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It first happened to me about ten years ago. I was beginning my third year
of teaching in a new school in Washington, DC. Social studies teachers were
si...
My First and Last Visit to Hudson Yards
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Figuring I did not need to invite any more darkness and vulgarity into my
head than that provided on a daily basis from Trump’s White House, and
after read...
Reduced time for testing? Not so fast.
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NYSED and Commish Elia continue to say that the NYS Assessments are of
reasonable length, I completely disagree.
Here is what NYSED states are average expe...
The World According to Michelle Rhee
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The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run
education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The
New T...
Whose Opinions Matter in Education World?
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It's hard to identify education heroes and sheroes. And perhaps even harder
to pinpoint just whose work is slanted, paid-for and dishonest.
Blockchain: Life on the Ledger
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
I created this video as a follow up to the one I prepared last year on
Social Impact Bonds. It is time to examine...
New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
Lesson Plan: Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry
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I’ve started a recent unit on poetry with my class. I’m not a poet, and I’m
not a poetry fan (I don’t hate it, but I’m a prose gal), so this makes it
harde...
The Apotheosis of Betsy DeVos
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Betsy Devos has drawn few headlines in recent months, and that is a good
thing for the Secretary of Education. Her tenure began with Vice President
Mike P...
Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
Should We Be Grateful?
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In an odd turn of events, and with little explanation, Michigan Governor
Rick Snyder has decided to return the state’s School Reform Office back to
the Dep...
An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
REPORT: States With the Best and Worst Schools
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States With the Best (and Worst)Schools
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Test Refusal = People Power
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In recent months, social media has been ablaze with talk of regular folk
taking action to resist the Trump agenda. Protests are a daily occurrence,
and ev...
Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
AB 934: A LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR VERGARA?
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By Michael Stratford | in the Politco Morning Education Report | via email
05/24/2016 10:00 AM EDT :: Two national education groups are backing a
Califor...
MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other
conte...
New Beginnings: Kickstarter and EdWeek Teacher
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Greetings to InterACT readers one and all! If you’ve been following posts
here recently you might recall that I’m moving my blogging activity to
other loca...
Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School
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*“With Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School closing, Newark families must
move on.”* The Star-Ledger (NJ), 6/25/2013
NEWARK — Bobby and Troy Shanks saw the...
GDJ / Pixabay Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Here’s a new infographic I’m adding to The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS: You will find more infographics at Statista
I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. geralt / Pixabay A new study in secondary schools found that teachers observing their colleagues two-or-three times and providing feedback using one-half of what lots of educators tell me is a ridiculously complex Danielson rubric resulted in improved academic results for students
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Feedblitz generally does a great job sending a daily email including posts from this blog, but they had a glitch yesterday. Here are links to the three posts they didn’t send out: A LOOK BACK: “GIVING THANKS: ELEVEN KEY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER(S) — FOR THE BETTER!” DEC. 2ND IS “INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY” – HERE ARE TEACHING & LE
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 MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2019 The f
I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. Don’t even ask me to explain all the details of this new study, Reciprocal Effects between Reading Achievement and Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reading Motivation. However, I did understand its section titled “Practical implications for teaching practices” (oh, how I wish more research
TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay I’m adding these new resources to THE BEST TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES ABOUT IMPEACHMENT : Students should learn about impeachment in school – here’s how to make it work is from The Conversation. Dozens of witnesses have been called to provide documents or testimony for the impeachment inquiry. Here’s who they are. https://t.co/M7atWuq5b7 — Post Graphics (@PostGraphic
geralt / Pixabay I discuss a few strategies I’m trying out in my classroom in a new British Council article headlined My new classroom techniques and activities for 2019 . It includes downloadable hand-outs and videos. Though it’s not appearing in my British Council blog, I’ll still add the link to my list of many other British Council posts.
orythys / Pixabay The United Nations has declared December 2nd to be International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. You might be interested in: The Best Resources For Learning About Human Trafficking Today USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRINGING ENSLAVED AFRICANS TO AMERICA
PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay Here are some final (for this year!) resources I’m adding to The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving : The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue is from Smithsonian Magazine. A family learns to tell a new kind of Thanksgiving story is from The L.A. Times. Thanksgiving Belongs To The Wampanoag Tribe is from The Atlantic.
Every year, I ask readers of this blog to share – either in the comments section or on Twitter – the title and author of their favorite education-related book, along with one or two sentences explaining why they chose it. It’s that time again! Please share them with me no later than December 15th. Then, I’ll compile them in a post to share. With luck, I’ll publish it before everyone has done thei
geralt / Pixabay This video would be a good one for IB Theory of Knowledge classes when discussion perception. You might also be interested in THE BEST VIDEOS SHOWING WE HAVE MORE THAN FIVE SENSES .
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Yesterday, I posted seeking people’s experiences of “native-speakerism” (see ARE YOU AN ENGLISH TEACHER WHO IS A “NON-NATIVE” ENGLISH SPEAKER? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES! ). I’m looking forward to learning people’s stories. Today, though, I’m interested in something different – I’d like to create a “Best” list of resources where people can get advice about teaching Engli
I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. geralt / Pixabay We’re getting a new bilingual aide at our school sometime in the next week or two, and I thought I write up some “dos and don’ts” for my colleagues who are newer at teaching ELLs and at working with aides. I also thought it would be a good opportunity for me to ref
Prawny / Pixabay You can’t beat Simon’s Cat videos for showing to English Language Learners and then having them talk and write about what happened. Here’s a brand new one – a series about dogs. You can see a zillion other useful videos here .
Tumisu / Pixabay Some of us (most of us?) might have family members at the table on Thanksgiving who have very different political opinions. The New York Times just updated their Angry Uncle Chat Bot to practice at Chat Bot: How to Talk About Impeachment Without Ruining the Holidays. It’s like a “choose your own adventure” game that gives you expert feedback every time you choose a response. I’m
Isucc / Pixabay Native-speakerism is the term used to describe the challenges that teachers who are “non-native” speakers of English often experience. English teacher Jenny Vo (who is a “non-native” English speaker) is writing a chapter on the topic for the second edition of our ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide , and is interested in hearing about your experiences and advice. You can contact her
MikeGoad / Pixabay The Massacre Of Black Wall Street is a short online graphic novel The Watchmen television show did with the Atlantic marketing team. As fans of the show know, the Tulsa massacre opens the series and is a driving theme throughout its episodes. I’ve embedded several videos about the massacre below. I’m adding this post to The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History .
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
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 TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
How Can Instructional Coaches & Teachers Work Best Together? is the new question-of-the-week at my Ed Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments sections there or here…
I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. GDJ / Pixabay This is a question I’ve been thinking about for awhile, and I’m eager to hear answers from readers. Lots of people give advice about classroom instruction, but who should we really take seriously? There seems to me some fairly obvious people who go on the list, like o
It’s a Great Lesson When Students ‘Want to Continue Their Own Learning’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. This two-part series on best social studies lessons is “wrapped up” today by commentaries from Rachel Johnson, Dawn Mitchell, Julie Stern, Cynthia W. Resor, Andrew Sharos, Lori Oczkus, and Keisha Rembert. Here are some excerpts:
ulleo / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving : Teaching Thanksgiving is from NPR. The Year Abraham Lincoln Declared Thanksgiving is from Slate. Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today’s Wampanoags fight for their ancestral lands is from The PBS NewsHour.
Katie Hull and I have just begun work on the second edition of our popular The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide . We’re about a year behind our original timetable for revising it because we spent the past twelve months editing three books in our Toolbox series (see The Math, Science & Social Studies Books We’re Editing Are Now Available For Pre-Order! ). The second edition of The Survival Guide w
There are a lots of questions about the use of “Value-Added Measurements” in teacher evaluations (see The Best Resources For Learning About The “Value-Added” Approach Towards Teacher Evaluation ). Now, another study questions its use in hiring and firing decisions. Check out Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Height: A Cautionary Tale (it’s not behind a paywall).
GDJ / Pixabay The United Nations has declared December 1st to be World AIDS Day . You might be interested in The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS .
I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. 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 We
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: Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick is from The NY Times. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About The Protests That Are NOT Against The N
The Best Social Studies Lesson Is When History Comes ‘Alive’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Carina Whiteside, Denise Fawcett Facey, Deborah Gatrell, and Mark Honeyman discuss what they think were their best social studies lessons that connected with their students. Here are some excerpts:
WikiImages / Pixabay The “Origin Of Species” was published on this day 160 years ago. You might be interested in The Best Online Resources To Learn About Charles Darwin . Darwin’s “Origin of Species” is published,160 years ago today. In 1860, The Times reviewed the book: https://t.co/i9GYB6p33W pic.twitter.com/xd3lEVKW7s — NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) November 24, 2019
geralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the December issue of my very simple free monthly email newsletter . It has over 3,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here . Of course, you can also join the eighteen thousand others who subscribe to this blog daily. Here Are 8 Ways You Can Subscribe For Free…
As regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in IT’S THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS. Not to mention THE MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM
I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. Maklay62 / Pixabay Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write is the headline of my latest post for The British Council. Many of the ideas in the article can easily apply to non-ELLs, too. You can see all my British Council posts here . I’m adding t
Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,111 of them categorized here ): THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO THE BEST SCIENCE SITES OF 2019 – PART TWO THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO TEACHERS
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here ). You can also see my all-time favorites here . I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorite
congerdesign / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving : ‘I Was Teaching a Lot of Misconceptions.’ The Way American Kids Are Learning About the ‘First Thanksgiving’ Is Changing is from TIME. Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: Dos and Don’ts is from Teen Vogue. We asked service members, veterans and civilians who have observed Thanksgiving in
I do an annual “Word of the Year” feature, sharing the choices from various organizations around the world. Only a few have been chosen so far, but the pace will pick up over the next few weeks and I’ll be adding links to this post. You can see all my vocabulary-related “Best” lists, including previous editions of “Words Of The Year,” here . I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” Lists In One
I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. picjumbo_com / Pixabay We do a school-wide writing assessment each fall, which students then take