SEL Weekly UpdateI’ve recently begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists. You might also be interested in THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2021 – PART ONE. Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Structures for Belonging i
Wednesday’s New Articles & Videos On School ReopeningsMIH83 / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: Some families of color remain wary of returning to classrooms as new school year begins is from The Washington Post. Classroom T
Pins Of The WeekI’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
“Q&A Collections: Mistakes in Education”Q&A Collections: Mistakes in Education is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Ten years of posts about mistakes made in education and what we can learn from them. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Tuesday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopeningsstevepb / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: Masks Are Just the Latest School Board Culture War is from The NY Times. Worried about Covid, most parents no longer want kids
“Q&A Collections: Classroom Organization”Q&A Collections: Classroom Organization is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. Ten years of posts sharing tips from teachers about organizing classrooms. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
New Resources On Race & RacismI’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: The Way Teachers Cover Race And Privilege Could Have Big Consequences In Tennessee is from NPR. I’m adding it to RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ATTACKS ON “CRITICAL RACE THEORY,” THE 1
The Best Resources About Accelerated LearningWikiImages / Pixabay Accelerated learning (as opposed to remediation) is the big buzzword these days. I thought it might be useful to bring together a few resources which I think might be helpful. Let me know what I’m missing! You might also be interested in Trying To Bring Research, Sanity, Teacher Expertise & Student Voice To The “Learning Loss” Discussion. Here’s what I have: The kind of teach
“Q&A Collections: Professional Collaboration”Q&A Collections: Professional Collaboration is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Ten years of posts offering advice on how educators can work effectively as co-teachers and with paraprofessionals, librarians, and coaches. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
The Twentieth Anniversary Of The 9/11 Attacks Are Coming-Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesAlexas_Fotos / Pixabay The anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place on 9/11 is coming-up. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Help Teach About 9/11 .
Disturbing Video Of The Day: “Principal speaks out after being threatened with zip ties over COVID-19 restrictions”MichaelGaida / Pixabay It’s getting pretty wild out there…. And, in case you missed it: A California teacher is hospitalized after he’s allegedly attacked by a parent over face masks on the first day of school is from CNN. Superintendent pleads for ‘grace’ after parents allegedly target two teachers over masks is from USA Today.
Statistic Of The Day: Poll Says Majority Of Americans Support Vaccine Requirement For StudentsThere are a number of interesting results in The Washington Post article, As coronavirus fears spike, Biden’s ratings sag and workers split on vaccine mandates, Post-ABC poll finds , including the one highlighted in the above text box. Student, and teacher, vaccine mandates make sense to me. What do you think?
“The Sample” Is An Excellent Way To Learn About New & Useful Email Newsletters“The Sample” is a free and ingenious tool that, first, invites you to complete a simple interest survey and, then, they send you an email newsletter based on those interests each day. Then, you rate each newsletter you receive, and they adjust which newsletters they send to you based on your rankings. You can complete their survey here .
“Q&A Collections: Best of Classroom Q&A”Q&A Collections: Best of Classroom Q&A is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Check out the best columns that have appeared over the past ten years. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Sunday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopeningsviarami / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: Schools grapple with thousands in isolation or quarantine as delta variant rages is from NBC News. L.A. teachers union drops d
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy IssuesHere are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here ): As School Board Meetings Get Hostile, Some Members Are Calling It Quits is from NPR. I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research : I think every single one of those 3.7 mill
I Can’t Believe I’m Only Just Learning About The “FANgeopolitics” Game!WikiImages / Pixabay I cannot believe I am just now learning about FANgeopolitics game . It basically lets teachers create a fantasy sports league but, instead of sports teams, students “draft” countries and earn points by reading articles about them. Jeff Kuhn wrote about ways to do something similar with English Language Learners – with or without using the FANgeopolitics game. You can see his
Reflections On The First Few Days Of Schoolgeralt / Pixabay The first two days of our new school year are in the books. Here are a few random thoughts about it: Incredibly positive student energy and shockingly good attendance were great highlights. I had predicted that as many as twenty percent of the students on our rosters would be no-shows, and I was happy to be way wrong. Teaching in-person is as fun as I remembered it to be! Teachin
“20 Ways to Support Students With Learning Differences This Year”20 Ways to Support Students With Learning Differences This Year is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Embed student voices and perspectives into the classroom is one piece of advice educators offer in this
