kalhh / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : School Official On A Pennsylvania District’s Decision To Revert To Online Learning is from NPR. Parents in N.Y.C. Public Schools Now Face This Agonizing Choice is from The NY Times. Ds and Fs surge, attendance slips among L.A.’s poorest students amid distance learning is from The L.A Time
Don’t Make Assumptions About Your ELL Students is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Seven educators offer their nominations for the most common mistakes made by teachers of ELLs, including making background-knowledge assumptions and not providing enough scaffolding. Here are some excerpts:
November is Native American Heritage Month in the United States. I don’t have a specific “Best” list for the month. However, I have many related resources at: The Best Sites For International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus (& ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’) The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About The Standing Rock Protests A Beginning
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Soc
Maklay62 / Pixabay I, like many of us, am feeling stressed by tomorrow’s election – I just can’t fathom how our country would re-elect Donald Trump. Of course, I couldn’t fathom how he could be elected the first time, either. But, in terms of my classes, the reality is that it’s not about me. It’s about them. And I have to have a plan about what to do on Wednesday. I’m not too concerned about wha
18371568 / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION : How Can Teachers and Students Discuss the 2020 Election? is from The Teaching Channel. Is Voting Too Hard in the U.S.? is from KQED. Lesson of the Da