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Op-Docs: The Scars of Being Policed While Black

by Mark Anthony Neal / 17h

'Based on more than a decade of research, this Op-Doc from anthropologist Lawrence Ralph serves as an instant primer on the roots of police violence. Right now, somewhere in the United States, similar episodes of police violence are still playing out.' -- New York Times

When Essential Workers Earn Less Than The Jobless: 'We Put The Country On Our Back'

by Mark Anthony Neal / 18h

'Congress has yet to pass a measure that would ensure a pay boost for people who have been asked to keep going to work during the coronavirus pandemic shutdowns.' -- Morning Edition

Following the Killing of George Floyd, Public Murals On Display in Communities Across the U.S.

by Mark Anthony Neal / 18h

'From Minneapolis, Minnesota to Miami, Florida, public murals memorializing George Floyd and others killed by police are popping up in communities across the country. These public artworks are more than just beautiful tributes to the Black lives lost. They’re part of a deeper history of public rituals and displays of Black mourning in the U.S. And with the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing, trad

How Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign Took Brooklyn Drill Global

by Mark Anthony Neal / 18h

' A hyper-local strain of hip-hop that started in Chicago was tweaked by bedroom producers in the United Kingdom before taking over Brooklyn. Now it’s the soundtrack to a summer of unrest. The latest episode of Diary of a Song breaks down “Big Drip,” one of drill’s defining anthems.' -- The New York Times

Racism in Feminist Media Spaces

by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d

'Rebecca Jennings, culture reporter for The Goods at Vox, discusses her recent article, “The Racial Reckoning in Women’s Media,” which covers accusations of racial discrimination within women-led media and lifestyle brands.' -- All Of It

Hilton Als’s Homecoming and the March for Queer Liberation

by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d

'In the summer of 1967, a young black boy in Brooklyn was shot in the back by a police officer. The writer Hilton Als recalls the two days of “discord and sadness” that followed, and reflects on the connection between those demonstrations and this summer’s uprising following the killing of George Floyd . Plus, an activist group sees an opportunity to reclaim the mantle of gay pride after New York

Black Doctors Say Pandemic Reveals Enduring Racial Inequity Medicine Alone Cannot Fix

by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d

'Three African American ER physicians in Washington, D.C., recount experiences on their wards, where Black patients make up the vast majority of the city's COVID-19 fatalities.' -- All Things Considered

Intercepted: The Rebellion Against Racial Capitalism with Robin D.G. Kelley

by Mark Anthony Neal / 3d

'On this episode of Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill , Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley , a distinguished history professor at UCLA, explains why he believes the current abolitionist movement has the potential to fundamentally change the country 

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A VERY BUSY DAY 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

A VERY BUSY DAY

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h

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 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO. A

It Will Have Been 100 Years In August Since Some Women Were Granted The Right To Vote – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3h

August will mark one-hundred years since the passage of the 19th Amendment. There will be lots of new resources coming online between now and then like today’s NY Times article, My _____ Was a Suffragist. I’ll be adding many to The Best Resources For Learning About Women’s Suffrage .

Study Finds One-Third Of U.S. Fifteen Year-Olds Feel Disconnected From School – & That Was Before The Pandemic

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

If we high school teachers weren’t feeling bad enough thinking about what the fall might bring, a new study from UNESCO may make us all feel worse. Ed Week’s article about it, Part of Global Trend, 1 in 3 U.S. High Schoolers Felt Disconnected From School Before Pandemic , provides a good summary, and the textbox at the top of this blog highlights the “lowlight” of it. I think it’s a safe bet that

“Q&A Collections: Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

Q&A Collections: Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:

A Look Back: New Study Finds That Peer Assessment Works – Pretty Much Any Way You Do It

24by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

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 . The Impact of Peer Assessment on Academic Performance: A Meta-analysis of Control Group Studies is a new meta-analysis on peer assessment, and it’s not behind a paywall. I’ve shar

Would You Like To Write About Your COVID-19 Teaching Experience For Ed Week?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 20h

diapicard / Pixabay As you may know, I’ve been doing a very popular teacher advice column in Education Week for ten years. It’s set up so readers send in questions to me, and then I invite guests to contribution 300- or 400-word responses, as well as printing shorter reader comments. In addition to directly inviting scores of educators I know to respond to those questions, I always put out an ann

Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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

June’s Most Popular Posts

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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 MOST POPULAR POSTS F

June’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,180 Of Them!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,180 of them categorized here ): THE BEST FUN VIDEOS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN 2020 – PART ONE THE BEST ONLINE LEARNING GAMES – 2020 (PART ONE) THE BEST SCIENCE SITES OF 2020 – PART ONE VISUAL COLLECTIONS OF PROTESTS ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD, POLICE VIOLENCE & RACISM TEACHING RESOURCES ABOUT IF POLICE SHOUL

July 1st Is Canada Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

30by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

July 1st is Canada Day : On July 1, 1867, the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act joined three provinces into one country: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which then split into Ontario and 

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