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 . I wrote this post in 2013. You might also be interested in The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones . That post includes my latest related post, Here Are The Instructions I Give Mentors
The next question-of-the-week at my Ed Week column is: What are specific ways to make lessons more culturally responsive and culturally sustaining? Please leave responses on Twitter or in the comments section.
Program from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial. The program is a single page folded in half to create a booklet. The top of the front page has the march title and date in large black letters underlined by a black decorative border. It reads “MARCH ON WASHINGTON/ FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM/ AUGUST 28, 1963.” The Smithsonian announced today that they were making 2.8 mil
Connecting Reading & Writing ‘Is a High-Leverage Move’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Five educators recommend strategies for using reading instruction as a tool to improve students’ writing skills, including through the use of informal writing and sections of reading texts students can use as models for their writing. Here are some excerpts:
I don’t want to be overly-alarmist, but two things happened today to get me wondering what would happen here in the U.S. if the coronavirus resulted in U.S. schools closing for a period of time. First, the CDC announced today that it
