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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



Saturday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECES WRITTEN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING SINCE THEN): The miseducation of Charlie Baker: Teachers need the vaccine is from The Boston Globe. California offers COVID-19 rapid tests to reopening s
Video: New “Song Around The World” From Playing For Change – “Higher Ground”
I’ve shared countless videos from Playing For Change, particularly their “Around The World” performances. In these music videos, performers from around the world sing and play popular songs with powerful messages. Playing For Change also does music education in many of the countries where these videos are taped. Its most recent one is a cover of Stevie Wonder’s song, “Higher Ground”:

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Friday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECES WRITTEN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING SINCE THEN): L.A. secondary school students face mostly online classes even when they return to campus is from The L.A. Times. The Superintendent

MAR 11

How My ELL History Students Have Evaluated Our Class – And Me!
As regular readers know, at various times during the school year I have my students complete anonymous evaluations of our classes. I advise them that I always make the results public – to blog readers and to our administrators. Sometimes that commitment results in unexpected situations, like the year The Washington Post picked up on one of my blog posts and published an article with this headline
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 the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTE
Wash. Post Publishes Most Useful Article Yet On Unaccompanied Minors Crisis
I’ve been posting a lot recently about the rising numbers of unaccompanied minors entering the United States (see WOW STATISTIC OF THE DAY: 117,000 UNACCOMPANIED EXPECTED THIS YEAR and SHOULD SCHOOLS START PREPARING FOR A WAVE OF UNACCOMPANIED MINOR REFUGEES?). The Washington Post has just published THE article on what’s going on: Hundreds of minors are crossing the border each day without their

MAR 10

A Beginning List Of Resources On Supporting Our Students As We Make Baby Steps Towards Returning To A Post-Pandemic Classroom
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay We’re moving from full-time distance learning to concurrent/hybrid in May and, with luck, we may get back to something that might approach “normal” in the fall. Since half of our high school student body is sixteen or older (and eligible for the vaccine) and – theoretically, at least – all of our students’ families would have been eligible for the vaccine by the
Schools Went Remote A Year Ago – Here Are My Choices For The Best Pieces Written About School Reopening Since Then
qimono / Pixabay What a year it’s been! It’s been twelve months since that fateful day when our physical school closed down, and we’ve been full-time distance learning since that day (we’re going back hybrid/concurrent shortly). I’ve obviously been posting continuously about how we’ve all been handling it (see Best Lists Of The Week: Teaching Online Amid School Closures ). Education journalist Al
Thursday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
sahinsezerdincer / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : LA reopening deal ends California’s biggest schools standoff is from Politico. L.A. schools could reopen starting in mid-April under deal with teachers is from The L.A. Times. Resources for Reopening Schools is a great new resource from The Learning Policy Institute. Slowly, Mo
Statistics Of The Day: Here Are Details On Education Funding In The New Stimulus Package
The American Rescue Plan has been passed, and Congress approves massive infusion of funds for schools, and high-poverty districts will get the mos t, a new article in Chalkbeat, provides the best narrative description of what it means for schools. The Congressional Research Service has provided a detailed report about how much is going to each state for what exact education purpose. I know quite
It’s A Miracle! Kahoot Now Can Show Questions On The Same Screen As The Answers
I know tons of educators have been enthusiastically endorsing Kahoot for years. From my perspective, it’s been okay, but I’ve always thought it was weird that it didn’t show the questions on the same screen as the answers. It moved from being weird in my mind to not making any sense at all over the past year when, in order to use it, students had to split their screens. Though the Quizizz interfa
Actively Learn Upgrades All Teachers To “Prime” Through June 30th
Actively Learn is an excellent tool used by many teachers, and offers a free plan that many of us use. Its Prime plan, though, is much, much better, but a bit pricey. And pretty much the only way you can access it is if you can convince your school or district to ante up for it. Today, though, Actively Learn announced that all free accounts will be upgraded to Prime from March 15th to June 30th.
Learn About Electronic Music & Create Some Yourself With New Google Tool
Google has just announced a new exhibition at Google Arts and Culture called Music, Makers & Machines: A Brief History of Electronic Music. A particularly neat part of it is a tool that lets you create your own electronic music and share it with others. I’m adding this info to The Best Online Sites For Creating Music .

MAR 09

“‘There Is No Playbook’ for How to Do Hybrid Teaching”
‘There Is No Playbook’ for How to Do Hybrid Teaching is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Four educators “wrap up” a nine-part series offering advice on hybrid/concurrent teaching. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CONCURRENT/HYBRID TEACHING .
Wednesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Misplaced anger at teachers in reopening debate is from CAL Matters. When it comes to reopening schools, it’s time for leaders to listen to Black families is from The Hechinger Report. D.C. will randomly test 10 percent of students for coronavirus each week is from The Washington Post. S
“The News Evaluator” Is A New Interactive Designed To Help Teach Information Literacy
News Evaluator website is a new interactive designed to help students develop information literacy skills. Here’s an excerpt from New tool makes students better at detecting fake imagery and videos : Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a digital self-test that trains users to assess news items, images and videos presented on social media. The self-test has also been evaluated in a sc
Pins Of The Week
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 22,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post). You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2020 Here
This Is One Of The Best Pieces I’ve Read On School Reopening, Especially If You Have Gotten As Irritated As I Have By Op-Eds Written By Many Doctors On The Topic
Inside a Long, Messy Year of Reopening Schools by Rachel M. Cohen is clearly one of the best pieces I’ve seen written about school reopening. She really engages with the research – lots of it – and, most importantly, brings a dose of reality to the discussion. You have to really wonder how many schools these doctors who write op-eds calling for their opening have really visited – especially ones
Research Studies Of The Week
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
March 25th Is “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade” – Here Are Teaching Resources
caption id=”attachment_96317″ align=”aligncenter” width=”1280″] Engin_Akyurt / Pixabay[/caption] The United Nations has declared March 25th to be the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. You might be interested in USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRINGING ENSLAVED AFRICANS TO AMERICA .
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : ‘An essential service’: Inside Biden’s struggle to meet his school reopening promises is from The Washington Post. Los Angeles Schools Remain Closed and Families Wonder: How Much Longer? is from The NY Times. L.A. Unified sets target of late April for reopening middle and high schools is

MAR 07

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: March Vocabulary Challenge is from The NY Times Learning Network: How many
Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : As schools reopen, should they change how they approach academics? Here are trends to watch is from The Seattle Times. California teacher shortages could make reopening schools for in-person instruction difficult is from Ed Source.
Ed Tech Digest
Ten 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 we
“Bloody Sunday” Happened In Selma On This Day In 1965 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay “Bloody Sunday” happened on this day in 1965. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Teaching About Selma . You might also be interested in TERRIBLE NEWS: JOHN LEWIS HAS PASSED – LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE . Bloody Sunday at Selma, March 7, 1965: pic.twitter.com/IpS9QLJmxl — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) March 7, 2021 On this day 56 years ago in Selma, Ala.,

MAR 06

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
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
New Resources On Race & Racism
I’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: Resources for Teaching About Race and Racism With The New York Times is from The NY Times Learning Network. I’m adding it to Revised & Updated: Useful Resources For Learning About Ra
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART TWO ): After feds say tests still required, critics mobilize and states look for loopholes is from Chalkbeat. Parents Expected to Opt Children Out of Spring Testing in Large Numbers, Especially in Places Where Schools Hav
This Week’s Resources To Support Teachers Coping With School Closures
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
Senate Passes Stimulus Bill – It Looks Like Schools Should Get A Fair Amount Of Money
The Senate bill sets aside $1.25 billion for summer enrichment, $1.25 billion for after-school programs and $3 billion for education technology out of the overall $128 billion but the vast majority of the money will go directly to school districts. https://t.co/cKIYGFF85c — Marc Porter Magee (@marcportermagee) March 6, 2021 The Senate passed the stimulus bill, which now has to go back to the Hous

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