(Note: I am going to publish this same post once each month to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists) As regular readers know, I have about 2,100 categorized and regularly updated “Best” lists. You can find all of them in broad categories here . The link to that page can also be found at the top right of my blog: My Best Of Series I also have them all on
Teachers Can Make Lessons Relevant by Listening is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share ideas on how to help students see how lessons are relevant to their lives, including by listening, connecting to their experiences, and inviting them to create projects based on their own interests. Here are some excerpts:
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 TWO Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Reframing Achievement Setba
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. Of course, this is a crazy time for “classroom” instruction…. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART TWO. Here are this week’s picks: Planning Lessons with Complex Text is from Timothy Shanahan. I’m a
Connected Papers is a cool new tool for academic research that I learned about through Pedro de Bruyckere. I would strongly encourage you to go to his blog post for a more detailed explanation, but it basically creates visual “webs” of cited sources in academic papers. I’m adding it to The Best Tools For Academic Research .
UnratedStudio / Pixabay The phrase “Unfund The Police” has been in the news a lot lately in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Here are some resources that might be useful when teaching about it in class: What Would Efforts to Defund or Disband Police Departments Really Mean? is from The NY Times. Good context on “defund police” phrase meaning. https://t.co/bDG0jJVgiP — Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche
Note: This is a sort of “catch-up” post on ed policy issues combined with new info on budget issues related to COVID-19 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 ): A Significant Error in Policy Thinking is by Larry Cuban. I’m adding it to The “Best” Lists Of
Schools Can ‘Reinvent Themselves in the Fall’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Three educators recommend ways that schools can adapt in the fall, such as emphasizing inquiry-based learning and
