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

Wednesday’s Three “Must-Read” Articles On School Reopening Plans

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3h

Here are today’s new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : The Urgency Of Reopening Schools Safely is by Linda Darling Hammond. How other countries reopened schools during the pandemic – and what the US can learn from them is from The Conversation. COLUMN: School reopening plans must ensure safety of custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and substit

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h

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 THIRTE

“Q&A Collections: Writing Instruction”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5h

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

Video: “Evolution Of World’s Tallest Building: Size Comparison (1901-2022)

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

mpewny / Pixabay I’m adding this new video to The Best Sites To Learn About The World’s Tallest Buildings :

A Look Back: The Importance Of Knowledge Transfer

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

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 . In 2015, Routledge published the third book in my student motivation series, Building A Community Of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies To Help Students Thrive In School and Beyond . The Washington Post published an excerpt from the c

Scary Statistic Of The Day: Counties Where Lynchings Took Place In The Past Paddle Black Students Now

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

Where Lynching Terrorized Black Americans, Corporal Punishment In Schools Lives On in the HuffPost reports on one hell of a study. You might also be interested in: The Best Resources Explaining The GAO Report That Finds Racial Disparities In School Discipline THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW BLACK GIRLS ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT NEW REPORT SAYS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT DOESN’T WORK

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On “What Is the Role of Memorization When Teaching in a Post-Google World?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

What Is the Role of Memorization When Teaching in a Post-Google World is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined by Blake Harvard, Keisha Rembert and Donna Shrum, who have also contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week Teacher column. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .

Okay, Now, Here’s My Tentative Remote Teaching Plan For U.S. History

by Larry Ferlazzo / 14h

Peggy_Marco / Pixabay This week, I have begun trying to get a handle on a plan for remote teaching my classes this year and, as I wrote in The Washington Post yesterday, I have a lot of worries . This is the first of a series of posts where I’ll describe my tentative (and, boy, do I meant tentative ) about my plans for each class. Today, it’s my United States History class for Intermediate and Be

Tuesday’s Three “Must-Read” Articles On School Reopening Plans

by Larry Ferlazzo / 22h

Free-Photos / Pixabay Here are today’s new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : In Defense of Our Teachers is by Dave Grohl (yes, that David Grohl) and appears in The 

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John Thompson: Save My Former Student’s Life

by dianeravitch / 47min

John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, makes an urgent appeal to save the life of his former student Julius Jones. He writes: I just watched the rebroadcast of ABC’s “20 20” documentary, “The Last Defense,” about my former student, Julius Jones, who is on Death Row even though he’s probably innocent. It was an abridged version that left time to update the case’s developments ov

New York City: Teachers Worried about Risks of Reopening

by dianeravitch / 1h

Teachers in New York City are fearful about returning to classrooms without adequate protection for their health. Some educators and union leaders say fear and mistrust over the partial reopening plan is pervasive… “There’s a lot of fear and anxiety out there,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew. “A lot of school staff passed away. And they’re like we’re not going back unless the rules are follow

How the Never Trumpers Got into Trump’s Head

by dianeravitch / 2h

Several groups of Never Trumpers have created a media campaign that has gotten under Trump’s skin. He responds to them on Twitter, enlarging their audience. They don’t have loads of money, but they understand very well his egotism, narcissism, and vanity, and they hit their target time and again. One recent ad from The Lincoln Project is a “Breaking News” headline in which the White House Press S

Ohio: Charter Schools Received 5X As Much Federal Coronavirus Aid as Public Schools

by dianeravitch / 3h

Stephen Dyer crunched the numbers and discovered that charter schools in Ohio received more than five times as much federal coronavirus relief money as public schools. Some received more than entire districts. He wrote: Included in the $2.3 trillion CARES Act passed in March to cope with the COVID-19 crisis was something called the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, or ESSER.

Jan Resseger: If Trump Wants Schools to Open, Why Won’t He Pay for It?

by dianeravitch / 4h

Jan Resseger reviews the Catch-22 situation in which schools are trapped: Trump demands that they open in a few weeks or he will cut their federal funding. The CDC says that a safe opening requires hyper-vigilance about health, safety, social distancing, small classes, cleaning, masks, etc. But Trump and Congress have refused to pay for reopening. Bottom line: schools can’t reopen unless it is sa

Lawfare Blog: Federal Police in Portland Cannot Be Justified

by dianeravitch / 5h

Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes of the Lawfare blog wrote in The Atlantic about federal police in Portland . Their presence cannot be justified, they wrote. Thousands of protesters turned out last night in Portland, peaceably rejecting the presence of armed federal agents in their city. The men in camouflage apparently cone from the Border Patrol and ICE. The authors say they are not trained i

David Dayen: Why Florida’s Teachers Are Suing to Block Reopening

47by dianeravitch / 22h

David Dayen explains why Florida’s teachers are suing to block Governor DeSantis’ order to reopen all public schools for full in-person instruction. The short version: 1) Florida is in the midst of a surge in the pandemic. 2) Neither the state nor the federal government has put up the money to provide even minimal safety for students and adults. First Response Last Friday the governor of Missouri

Leonie Haimson: Obstacles to a Safe Reopening

by dianeravitch / 23h

Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, wrote an open letter about the steps required before schools can begin to reopen. She wrote: Last week, Governor Cuomo, the State Department of Health, and the NY State Education Department all came out with detailed guidance on what measures schools should take to reopen in the fall to ensure health and safety as well as provide instructi

New York: Billionaires Get Richer During Pandemic

21by dianeravitch / 1d

A group called Americans for Tax Fairness has tracked the remarkable increase in the wealth of billionaires during the rise of the pandemic. Shouldn’t billionaires pay higher taxes to help the children of their state? What profiteth a man to gain additional billions if the society he lives in is overrun with starving, unfed, uneducated children? WASHINGTON—New York has 118 billionaires who collec

California: Billionaires See Vast Increase in Wealth During Pandemic

by dianeravitch / 1d

A group called Americans for Tax Fairness reported that the state’s billionaires saw a dramatic increase in their wealth during the pandemic. Shouldn’t billionaires pay higher taxes to help the children of their state? What profiteth a man to gain additional billions if the society he lives in is overrun with starving, unfed, uneducated children? California’s 154 Billionaires Saw Net Worth Jump $

When Did Trump and DeVos Fall Out of Love with Distance Learning?

53by dianeravitch / 1d

As we have seen in recent weeks, Trump and Betsy DeVos want public schools to reopen for full-time, in-person instruction. Yesterday, in an interview with Chris Wallace of FOX News, Trump reiterated that he will stop federal funding of any schools that don’t comply. He said that children don’t get the virus and they don’t die from the virus. He said nothing about the vulnerability of educators. W

Teacher: This Is How I Will Teach when School Reopens

1Kby dianeravitch / 1d

Mamie Krupczak Allegretti teaches French. She described how her teaching will change when school reopens during the pandemic. The lesson I draw from her note is that the most pressing issue facing our nation is not opening the schools but getting the disease under control so it is safe to return to school. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I am actually going to teach if we go back to school in

Public Education Partners: Ohio Is Not Ready for a Safe Reopening

40by dianeravitch / 1d

Public Education Partners is the leading volunteer advocacy group for public schools in Ohio. They issued this statement last night. We are public education experts. Public Education Partners (PEP) is a statewide, grassroots public education advocacy group whose mission is to preserve, protect, and strengthen Ohio’s public schools. Public Education Partners is an integral part of education policy

Missouri Governor: Of Course Kids Will Get COVID!

86by dianeravitch / 1d

The most horrifying statement of the week: In a radio interview, Governor Mike Parson stressed the importance of getting schools open regardless of the risks: “These kids have got to get back to school,” Parson told Cox. “They’re at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get COVID-19, which they will — and they will when they go to school — they’re not going to the hospitals. They’re not going

Portland, Oregon: Trump’s Military Invades and Occupies an American City

79by dianeravitch / 1d

What’s happening in Portland should frighten us all. Trump sent in military force to rout peaceful demonstrators over the objections of the mayor and the governor. The men in uniforms used tear gas and carried weapons to disperse crowds. The uniforms bore no identification. They arrested people 

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