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John Lewis Was Born On This Day In 1940 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources About His Life
John Lewis was born on this day in 1940. You might be interested in TERRIBLE NEWS: JOHN LEWIS HAS PASSED – LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE . John Lewis was born on this day in 1940. We miss his leadership, but we are grateful for his years of activism and the path he and others so clearly charted: a path forward, laid by coalitions of those who kept marching for justice. Rest in power. https://t.co/UzoV9GcB
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
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 INSTRUCTION IN 2020 – PART TWO . Here are this week’s picks: Tell Me Something Funny is from Character Lab, and reminds us that not only
“Ten Ways to Use Retrieval Practice in the Classroom”
is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Five educators explain why and how they use retrieval practice in their classroom. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Retrieval Practice .
Umm, It Looks Like We Might Be Going Hybrid Soon….
Our school district hasn’t had any negotiations with our union about it, but it appears we might be shifting from full-time distance learning to a hybrid model pretty soon – at least, according to the presentation made at our local School Board meeting a thirty-six hours ago (as you can see from the slide reproduced at the top of this post). It all has to be negotiated, so who knows if it’s going
Not Necessarily The “Best,” But Some Useful Resources For Teaching About The Mars Rover Perseverance
WikiImages / Pixabay I don’t have time this weekend to pull together an extensive list on NASA’s Perseverance, but I thought I’d share a few that I think are particularly useful. You might also be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About The Mars Rover Curiosity : We all have to start with NASA’s teaching resources themselves: the Perseverance mission main page , collection of images , and
Saturday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos (Including One From Trevor Noah) On School Reopenings
sofisorgin / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : California will earmark 10% of weekly COVID-19 vaccine supply for teachers to get more schools open is from The L.A. Times. Polls On Reopening Schools Are All Over The Map is from Five Thirty Eight. Gov. Gavin Newsom, legislators at odds over $6.6-billion plan to open California elem

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