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THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION 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

THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Eight Teaching Concerns I Have Going Into 2021

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay In July, I wrote a column for The Washington Post headlined Teacher: Eight concerns about school this fall that are robbing me of sleep . And, boy, was I “spot-on” with those concerns as the fall semester unfolded. I was able to get a decent handle on the ones I listed that were within my control (such as what to cover in the curriculum and what to jettison), ha

Research Studies Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature . By the way, you mig

Surprise (Not)! New Study Finds Applying Asset-Based Instruction Helps Black Youth Academic Achievement

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

School Cultural Socialization and Academic Performance: Examining Ethnic‐Racial Identity Development as a Mediator Among African American Adolescents is a new study by Juan Del Toro and Ming‐Te Wang. It’s behind a paywall, but there are ways to still access it (see The Best Tools For Academic Research ). As the textbox above states, the study finds that “school cultural socialization” supports Af

DEC 24

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2020. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi

Thursday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings – & Teachers Will REALLY Want To Read Them

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL (and these two seem VERY important): Biden team’s multibillion-dollar school testing plan takes shape is from Politico. Vaccines, dollars and Biden ratchet up pressure on teachers to return to school is from The Washington Post.

DEC 23

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Nine years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this w

Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the January 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…

December’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,224 Of Them!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,224 of them categorized here ): THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2020 THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF INFOGRAPHICS, CHARTS & MAPS – 2020 BEST YEAR-IN-REVIEW FEATURES FOR 2020 A BEGINNING LIST OF RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT RACIST MASCOTS THE VERY BEST RESOURCES TO

Videos – In English & Spanish – President-Elect Biden Introduces New Ed Secretary

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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!

DEC 22

December’s Most Popular Posts

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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 / 3d

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 / 3d

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 / 3d

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 / 3d

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 / 3d

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 / 3d

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 / 4d

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 / 4d

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

26by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

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 / 5d

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 / 5d

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 make revisions to their writing. Here are some excerpts:

DEC 20

A Look Back: KQED Interviews Me About Saul Alinsky & His Connection To Teaching

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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 . This post originally appeared in 2016. Two days after Ben Carson suggested that Saul Alinsky was, and Hillary Clinton is, a devil worshiper , the KQED Mindshift blog published an interview with me about how I apply his work in the clas

Recommendations For Who To Follow On Twitter In 2021

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

joshborup / Pixabay Here’s the latest addition to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE!: Off-and-on over the next few days I'll be sharing recommendations for people & organizations to follow here on Twitter. I'll collect them all in one post on my blog. — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 20, 2020 If you are interested in getting the latest education news, journalists to fol

Congress Agrees On New Stimulus Package Including Billions For K-12 Schools

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay Congressional and Trump Administration negotiators just agreed to a deal on a new federal stimulus package . They’ll vote on it Monday. Here are some tweets with the details: I wonder how many schools will be open in 2021. | "The agreement provides $82 billion in funding for colleges and schools, including support for HVAC repair and replacement to mitigate virus tr

CDC Says All Teachers Should Be Able To Be Vaccinated By End Of February – I’ll Believe It When I See It

29by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

The NY Times just published Frontline Workers and People Over 74 Should Get Shots Next, CDC Panel Says . It says that teachers are in the next priority group and….. Together, the two groups the committee voted to prioritize on Sunday number about 51 million people; federal health officials have estimated that there should be enough vaccine supply to inoculate all of them before the end of Februar

Personal Reflections On My 2020 Professional Experiences

22by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

photosforyou / Pixabay I thought some readers might find it interesting, and I thought it would be a useful reflection exercise for me, if I reflected on my work around education over the past twelve months AND my hopes and concerns for 2021 (those 2021 thoughts will appear in a future post) I’ve already done a more “big picture” review in my annual Washington Post piece, The positively worst and

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