Latest News and Comment from Education

Saturday, October 9, 2021

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






Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists
(Note: I am going to publish this same post once each month to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists) As regular readers know, I have about 2,200 categorized and regularly updated “Best” lists. You can find all of them in broad categories here . The link to that page can also be found at the top right of my blog: My Best Of Series I also have them all on
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: ‘Cultural genocide’: mapping the shameful history of Canada’s residential schools is an interactive from The Guardian. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For International Day Of The Wo
A Look Back: Video – I Think Every Educator Could Benefit From Watching This Short Stacey Abrams Address On Teachers
I thought that new – and long-time – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I’ll start with my favorites from earlier this year. Stacey Abrams just gave the commencement address to the graduates of Teachers College, Columbia University. I think every teacher could benefit from watching it – as I did! I’m add
Journalists Win Nobel Peace Prize – Here Are Teaching/Learning Resources About Them & All Previous Winners
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for their reporting in the Philippines and Russia. Here are resources about them that I’m adding to The Best Sites To Learn About The Nobel Peace Prize : Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. is from The NY TImes.

OCT 07

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
A Look Back: ASCD Educational Leadership Publishes My Article Describing Our School’s Support For Long-Term ELLs
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . Research in Action: Ramping Up Support for Long-Term ELLs is the headline of my article that appeared earlier this year in ASCD Educational Leadership. It describes the efforts ou
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 seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here ): Republicans Don’t Want to Reform Public Education. They Want to End It. is from The New Republic. Troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program will get overhaul is from NPR. Design Principles For Schools is from The Learnin

OCT 06

“Helping Our Students Achieve ‘Post-Traumatic Growth’”
Helping Our Students Achieve ‘Post-Traumatic Growth’ is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Asking children to write about and discuss what it was like to live through the pandemic is one way to tend to students’ needs. Here are some excerpts:
A Look Back: Implicit Bias Training Doesn’t Seem To Work – So What Should Teachers & Others Do, Instead?
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . In the wake of recent murders of Black citizens, like George Floyd, and subsequent protests, there has been a lot of attention being paid to the concept of implicit bias and how t
New Study Finds What A Zillion Others Have Concluded: Rewards Not Very Effective At Motivating Students To Learn
What almost 150 studies say about how to motivate students is a new article at The Hechinger Report that summarizes a study that finds what everybody else has found – extrinsic motivation pales in comparison to intrinsic motivation in getting students to want to learn. It does provide one new piece of interesting information. Most researchers have identified the key elements needed to create the
Another Reason To Be Careful About Being “Data-Driven”
200degrees / Pixabay A while back, in The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven,” I shared this link and commentary: Does Studying Student Data Really Raise Test Scores? is from Ed Week. It reviews research that suggests teachers analyzing student data tends to not result in student improvement, primarily because it doesn’t result in teachers changing instruc
Thursday’s New Articles On School Reopenings
geralt / 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: What schools around the world look like now — in compelling pictures is from The Washington Post. U.S. says Arizona can’t use C
Fannie Lou Hamer Was Born On This Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay It’s Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday! You might be interested in FANNIE LOU HAMER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917 – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES . Happy Birthday, Fannie Lou Hamer (October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977)! #blackwomenradicals pic.twitter.com/4wR21LJa1C — Black Women Radicals (@blkwomenradical) October 6, 2021

OCT 05

“8 Ways the Pandemic May Affect Students in the Future”
8 Ways the Pandemic May Affect Students in the Future is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Emotional tolls and learning loss aren’t surprising, but students honed their technology, personal, and social skills in unexpected ways. Here are some excerpts:
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. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2021 – PART ONE . Here are this week’s picks: 7 Things Teachers Say to Create a Supportive Classroom is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOU
A Look Back: A Reminder Why It’s Important To Have Students Repeat Words – & Read Text – Out Loud
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . When teaching English Language Learners, many – if not most – of us have students repeat newly-learned words chorally. It encourages shy students to practice pronunciation and dev
SEL Weekly Update
I’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: Sometimes Mindlessness Is

OCT 04

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
The National Day Of Writing Is On Oct. 20th – Here Are 37 Related Teaching & Learning “Best” Lists
Free-Photos / Pixabay From The National Council Of Teachers Of English : Writing is an important part of life. It helps us communicate and work with each other, supports our learning, and helps us remember. The National Day on Writing® celebrates writing—and the many places, reasons, and ways we write each day—as an essential component of literacy. Since 2009, #WhyIWrite has encouraged thousands
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 2021 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
A Look Back: Could This Be A Good Template For Just About Any Professional Development Session?
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . TeroVesalainen / Pixabay We’re doing a series of professional development sessions (about three hours each) for all of our teachers on teaching English Language Learners. Because

OCT 03

Monday’s New Articles On School Reopenings
mohamed_hassan / 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: Millions of Indian kids have been out of school for 18 months. The break threatens decades of progress. is from The Was
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
“The Pandemic’s ‘Glaring’ Lessons Not Yet Learned”
The Pandemic’s ‘Glaring’ Lessons Not Yet Learned is the headline of my latest Education Week column. A lack of transparent decisionmaking and clinging to concepts like “seat hours” are among mistakes districts have made during the pandemic. Here are some excerpts:

OCT 02

Sunday’s New Articles On School Reopenings
viarami / 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: I sent out this tweet yesterday, and it has certainly resonated: I teach in an almost ideal situation and I’m exhausted after
Infographic Of The Week: “Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface”
I’ve been sharing an infographic or two each week, and you can find previous ones here . You might also be interested in all my “Best” lists on infographics. Here’s my latest pick, Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface , is from Visual Capitalist. You can find more information on it – and a bigger version – at the link. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning & Teaching Geogra
Important Insight On Phonics Instruction
Which is best? Analytic or synthetic phonics? is a post from literacy researcher Timothy Shanahan. The most important point he makes, I think, is the key to successful phonics instruction is just doing it in some kind of systematic way: What we meant by systematic is that successful decoding instruction employed a specific sequential phonics curriculum. That makes sense to me. I do phonics instru
Here’s A Short Interview I Did On Supporting Afghan Refugees & All ELLs
geralt / Pixabay Jorge Valenzuela invited me to participate in a short radio show with educator Morsal Sayar, and we shared ideas on how to support ELLs in general, and Afghan refugees in particular. You might be interested in listening to Three Things We All Need to Know to Teach the New Immigrants Coming to Our Classrooms.
A Look Back: “How Students Can Grow Their Own Brains”
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 . I originally shared this post in 2009. In 2009, I began teaching explicit lessons related to student motivation and Social Emotional Learning. Of course, since that time, I’ve written several very practical books on the topic. I’m not

OCT 01

Saturday’s New Articles On School Reopenings – CA Student Vaccine Mandate Edition!
Tumisu / 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: California to require Covid vaccine for all students, Newsom says is from Ed Source. California plans to add the Covid vaccine
New Biden Administration Policy On ICE Arrests May Help Student Achievement
As you may have heard in the media, the Biden Administration announced new regulations guiding arrest priorities by ICE agents. Instead of the dragnet approach favored by the Trump administration, here’s how The Washington Post described the new policy: Mayorkas said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers should not attempt to arrest and deport farmworkers, the elderly and others who
My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On “Small Changes” In The Classroom That Can Have A Big Impact
Small Changes That Can Make a Big Difference in Your K12 Classroom is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. Holly Spinelli, Valentina Gonzalez, and Ann Stiltner join me in the conversation, and they have all also contributed written commentaries to my Education Week column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
Columbus Day (aka Indigenous Peoples’ Day) Is On October 11th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in many communities, takes place on October 11th in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus (& ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’). Many monuments to him have been taken down in the past year, so you might also want to check out The Best Resources For Teaching About Confederate Monuments . I’ve p

 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007