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A VERY BUSY DAY 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


A VERY BUSY DAY
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
The latest news and resources in education since 2007




Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter
geralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the July 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…
June’s Most Popular Posts
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 Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts. Not to mention THE MOST POPULAR POSTS F
June’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,180 Of Them!
Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,180 of them categorized here ): THE BEST FUN VIDEOS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN 2020 – PART ONE THE BEST ONLINE LEARNING GAMES – 2020 (PART ONE) THE BEST SCIENCE SITES OF 2020 – PART ONE VISUAL COLLECTIONS OF PROTESTS ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD, POLICE VIOLENCE & RACISM TEACHING RESOURCES ABOUT IF POLICE SHOUL
July 1st Is Canada Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
July 1st is Canada Day : On July 1, 1867, the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act joined three provinces into one country: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which then split into Ontario and Quebec. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Learn About Canada .
International Study Finds That Teacher Leadership Enhances Student Academic Achievement
In not-shocking news to every teacher, a new study of results from the international PISA tests find that the more decision-making power teachers have, the greater increase in student academic achievement (see School Governance and Student Achievement: Cross-National Evidence From the 2015 PISA ). Of course, this common sense approach reflects the value of “subsidiarity,” which means that the peo
A Look Back: Study Finds Writing In Content Classes Enhances Learning, As Long As It Is A Specific Kind of “Writing-to-Learn”
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . The Effects of Writing on Learning in Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis is a new study by Steve Graham, , Sharlene A. Kiuhara, and Meade MacKay. The quote
“Q&A Collections: Best Ways to End the School Year”
Q&A Collections: Best Ways to End the School Year is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. I know the timing is a bit odd, but during each summer I update thematic compilations including nine-year’s of Ed Week Teacher columns. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
My Favorite Posts That Appeared In June
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
Here’s What Researchers Say About Which Part-Time Student Schedule Is Best – Two Consecutive Days Or Alternate Days
uwekern / Pixabay Many – if not most – school districts are considering having students come to physical class just two days a week and, in that way, have a small enough number of students so that social distancing can be maintained. But which schedule is best for students – consecutive or alternate days? I asked that question of two highly regarded education researchers, Justin Reich and Matthew
The Hajj Will Be Limited This Year, But Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
GLady / Pixabay Millions of Muslims make the annual pilgrimage, called the Hajj, to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Because the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar based on the motion of the moon, the time of the Hajj is different time each year in terms of the Gregorian calendar. It begins in late July this year, but Saudi Arabia to hold ‘very limited’ Hajj due to coronavirus . You might be interested i
Supreme Court Rules That Public Funding For Religious Schools Is Okay
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public education today, which you can read about in Chalkbeat’s article, Supreme Court hands victory to voucher advocates, including DeVos, in Montana case. You can read a lot more about this case at THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT CASE THAT COULD ALLOW PUBLIC FUNDING FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS . You might also be interested in The Best Resourc
Video Trailer For Must-Watch Documentary: “John Lewis: Good Trouble”
Over the years, I’ve shared many articles and video clips about Civil Rights organizer and Congressman John Lewis. A new documentary about him is premiering on July 3rd, and it looks fantastic (you can read one review here ). It will be streaming on all the major platforms. Here’s the trailer:
Most Popular Posts Of The Week
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 th


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