This Week With Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

This Week With Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... 

 The latest news and resources in education since 2007

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

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 2019 – PART TWO ): How Have Teachers Taught: A Look Backwards is by Larry Cuban. I’m adding it to The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day , which also includes resources on the history of teaching. What if Children Ran t

A Look Back: “Involvement Or Engagement?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Today, I’m highlighting an article I wrote for ASCD Educational Leadership on parent engagement that builds on work I wrote about in one of my books . It was published in 2009, and was titled Involvement Or Engagement? Here’s an excerp

JAN 02

A Look Back: The Best Post I’ve Ever Written…

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Videotaping teachers the right way (not the Gates way) is a piece I wrote for Ed Week, and I continue to believe it’s the best thing I’ve ever written. Let me know what you think… Here’s an excerpt:

Would You Like To Contribute To The Ed Week Classroom Q&A Blog?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Over at Ed Week, I invite educators to contribute responses to future questions appearing on Classroom Q&A, the 10th anniversary of the blog aimed at making them–and their students–successful. Check out details over there!

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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 CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART TWO. Here are this week’s picks: The Critical Thinking Consortium has a lot of free materials, including this photo analysis sheet . If you pay $40 per year, you

Pins Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 20,000 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

Four “New” Activities I’m Doing Next Week In My ELL Newcomers Class

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Nennieinszweidrei / Pixabay Last month, the British Council published my piece titled My new classroom techniques and activities for 2019 . As we all know, it’s important for us teachers to try to keep things “fresh” for us so we don’t get stuck in a rut. I will be continuing to do those activities, as well as a ton of others I’ve used over the years. However, over the break I realized there were

JAN 01

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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

New Interactive: “Sacred Places, Sacred Ways”

22by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

chidioc / Pixabay Sacred Places, Sacred Ways: Five great religions, five revered spaces is a new interactive map. I’m adding it to The Best Websites To Learn About Various Religions & English .

Video: “Calendars Around the World”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

tigerlily713 / Pixabay I’m adding this new video to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures :

A Look Back: “Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do is an article I wrote for ASCD Educational Leadership in October, 2012. ASCD stopped listing their most popular articles in September of last year, but for the eleven months up to that p

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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 and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO.

Quote of the Day: I’m Going To Keep “The Stonecutter’s Creedo” In Mind This Year

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

This year, as in all years past, there will be times when I’m feeling frustrated, disappointed, or impatient when I’m in the classroom. I’m going to try and keep “The Stonecutter’s Creedo” more in mind when that happens. I’m adding this to The Best Resources For Learning About “Grit”

DEC 31 2019

Ed Tech Digest

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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

A Look Back: “Let’s Do Less ‘Fire, Ready, Aim'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Today, I’m sharing an article I wrote for The Huffington Post years ago where I take issue with advice from Seth Grodin where he basically says that if you have an idea you want to try, and it meets some resistance, you should just do

New BBC Video: “Transhumanism: Will humans evolve to something smarter?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from the BBC to The Best Sites For Learning About Human Evolution :

“In what ways can writing support reading instruction?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

The new question-of-the-week at my Education Week Teacher column is: In what ways can writing support reading instruction? Please leave responses in the comments section….

Video: “Confirmation Bias”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

johnhain / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from Sprouts to THE BEST VIDEOS EXPLAINING CONFIRMATION BIAS:

The Best Tools That Show “Parallel Text” – Same Sentences Translated Into Different Languages Side-By-Side

36by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

skeeze / Pixabay When teaching English to older students, they sometimes – and understandably – get tired of reading books designed for much younger children. One way I deal with this challenge is by find more age-appropriate books in English that also have editions in their home languages, so they can read the books side-by-side (see USING “THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK” WITH ELL NEWCOMERS! ). Fortuna

DEC 30 2019

“Elements of an Effective Math Lesson”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Elements of an Effective Math Lesson is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, teachers explain how creative math lessons can spring from students’ surrounding environments and culture such as the cost of the Thanksgiving meal and the search for “math selfies.” Here are some excerpts:

Interactive: “In search of refuge”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

12019 / Pixabay In Search of Refuge that is designed for “Mapping forced displacement from 1951 to 2017.” I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day .

A Look Back: “What Do School Reform Technocrats and Failed Urban Renewal Schemes Have in Common?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Today, I’m highlighting a piece I wrote in The Huffington Post over several years ago, What Do School Reform Technocrats and Failed Urban Renewal Schemes Have in Common? Here’s an excerpt:

Every School District Staffperson In Charge Of Curriculum Adoption Should Read This Piece Explaining Why We Teachers Tend To Not Use The Materials

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Dylan Wiliam shared an incredibly important piece on Twitter explaining how Districts screw-up adopting materials, including technology. To start off with, here are a couple of tweets: Because they tend to be bad? https://t.co/qCKr6UZrGK — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 31, 2019 Really, monumentally bad. — Tom Rademacher (@MrTomRad) December 31, 2019 Why aren’t teachers using the resour

The Best Resources To Help Educators Teach ELL Newcomers

99by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

geralt / Pixabay Obviously, a ton of other “Best” lists are useful to teachers of ELL Newcomers, including: The Best Online Resources For Teachers of Pre-Literate ELL’s & Those Not Literate In Their Home Language (which also includes SLIFE resources. “Best” Lists Of The Week: Thematic Lists For Beginner ELLs “Best” Lists Of The Week: Teaching ELLs But I thought teachers might also find it useful

DEC 29 2019

A Look Back: “Bribing students: Another ‘magical solution’ that doesn’t work”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Today, I’m highlighting a piece I wrote for The Washington Post several years ago titled Bribing students: Another ‘magical solution’ that doesn’t work . Here’s an excerpt:

New Resources On Race & Racism

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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: America’s schools are more diverse than ever. But the teachers are still mostly white. is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understandi

The University of Oklahoma’s K20 Center Has Useful Online Learning Games AND a Big Collection Of Lesson Plans

22by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

The University of Oklahoma’s K20 Center has a wealth of resources for educators! One is K20 Center Games , which has a number of fairly impressive learning games appropriate for high schoolers. Once you sign-up (for free), they’ll send you an email (mine took a few days, but that might because it’s holiday time). Then, you can easily create a virtual classroom and enroll students in it. K20 Learn

“Eight Educators Share Their Best Math Lessons”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Eight Educators Share Their Best Math Lessons is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Math educators share their favorite lessons, including taking students for a walk around a fenced-in field, investigating student-loan costs, and working alongside a language arts teacher. Here are some excerpts:

DEC 28 2019

A Look Back: “Being ‘Transactional’ Versus Being ‘Transformational’ in Schools”

26by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Today, I’m highlighting a piece I wrote for The Huffington Post a number of years ago, Being ‘Transactional’ Versus Being ‘Transformational’ in Schools . In it, I discuss how both community organizers, political scientists and educatio

Great Free Professional Development For ELL Teachers Is Now Available – The Electronic Village Online

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay Every year about this time, I publish a post advertising the best free professional development for teachers of English Language Learners — The Electronic Village Online : For five weeks in January and February, TESOL experts and participants from around the world engage in collaborative online discussions or hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. These

Statistic Of The Day: More Children’s Books Have Characters Who Are People Of Color

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

There is a long way to go, but some progress is being made increasing the number of characters in children’s books who are people of color. Read more about it at The Washington Post article, 11 trends that changed the way we read this decade . I’m adding this info to A Beginning Collection Of Resources About Books As “Windows, Mirrors & Sliding Glass Doors” – Please Suggest More .

A Look Back: “English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Today, I’ve decided to share an article I wrote for The New York Times 

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