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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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Videos – In English & Spanish – President-Elect Biden Introduces New Ed Secretary
by Larry Ferlazzo / 20min
Wokandapix / Pixabay President-Elect Biden formally introduced his Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona , this morning. Here are three videos – one, a short clip from it; two, the entire event in English; and, three, a video translating it into Spanish: Miguel Cardona, Biden's education secretary nominee: " I, being bilingual and bicultural, am as American as apple pie and rice and beans" https
“The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 52min
The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Here are this year’s most popular posts from my Ed Week teacher advice column. I’m adding it to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE!

December’s Most Popular Posts
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
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 TWENTY MOST POPULAR
The VERY BEST Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures In 2020 – Part Three
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
We’re getting to the end of this year’s Best lists. I’m adding this one to I’m adding this list to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE! You can see find twenty-six other “Best” lists related to pandemic teaching here , including THE VERY BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS DEALING WITH SCHOOL CLOSURES IN 2020 – PART ONE and THE VERY BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS DEALING WITH SC
My Favorite Posts That Appeared In December
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
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
My Three Holiday Gifts To You!
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
Here are three Holiday Gifts To Readers (that I give every year!): First, He understood not only what we did but what we were supposed to do is from The Los Angeles Times, and I think it’s the best newspaper story ever written about Christmas. Second, here’s one of my favorite education-related videos. It’s a great example of differentiated instruction. In the video, some ducklings were able to g
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
by Larry Ferlazzo / 18h
StockSnap / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : At-Risk Teachers Struggle With Returning To In-Person Classes is from NPR. As COVID surges, meet the Placer County students rallying against more time on campus is from The Sacramento Bee. Delay school return in England by two weeks over Covid, union urges is from The Guardian. Teache
This Week’s Resources To Support Teachers Coping With School Closures
by Larry Ferlazzo / 18h
Wokandapix / Pixabay I have a number of regular weekly features (see HERE IS A LIST (WITH LINKS) OF ALL MY REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURES ). This is a relatively new addition to that list. Some of these resources will be added to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! and the best will go to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To
“Making Revision of Writing a ‘Collaborative Process’”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
Making Revision of Writing a ‘Collaborative Process’ is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Six educators discuss strategies they’ve used to encourage students to revise their writing, such as demonstrating their own practice. Here are some excerpts:

DEC 21

CT Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona To Be Named Biden’s Ed Secretary
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
Biden poised to pick Connecticut schools chief as education secretary is the headline of an article in today’s Washington Post. Here is an excerpt: Miguel Cardona was named Connecticut’s top schools official last year and if confirmed will have achieved a meteoric rise, moving from an assistant superintendent in Meriden, Conn., a district with 9,000 students, to secretary of education in less tha
An Early Holiday Gift To Fans Of “Labor-Based Grading”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
blickpixel / Pixabay Last week’s Guest Post: “Labor-Based Grading: The Experiment” by my very talented colleague Kara Synhorst was quite popular. Several readers asked if Kara would mind sharing the student hand-out she used explaining the system and including the twenty-three choices students have to demonstrate understanding. Kara has graciously shared it here in a downloadable format .
The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of ELLs In 2020
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
This is another end-of-year “Best” list. I’m adding this list to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE! You can find previous editions of this list, along with all “Best” lists related to ELL instruction, here. Here are my choices: The Core Knowledge free PDFs are great for ELL Social Studies teachers! And you can find them all here . They cover many of the key elements of any World
My Most Popular Tweets Of The Year
by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d
PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay Here’s one of my final “Best” of 2020 posts…. The first post is my most popular one, and it goes from there. I’m adding this post to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE!: I get frustrated when I see school boards who continue to meet in Zoom vote to open schools, journalists who continue to work from home demand that schools open & college professors who
“12 Strategies for Encouraging Students to Want to Revise Their Writing”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d
12 Strategies for Encouraging Students to Want to Revise Their Writing is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share suggestions for creating the classroom conditions in which students want to 
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