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I am going to sit in on the brief Board "special meeting" today on the
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What follows are thumbnail sketches of the 20 applicants who want to be the
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“We’re from where we’re from,” she says back. “Scars are part of the deal,
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By Thomas Ultican 4/10/2024 Laurene Powell Jobs controls Amplify, a
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Giant corporations and billionaires want to keep their taxes low and the
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Julian Vasquez Heilig and Laura Dinehart join Dr. Tim to discuss how
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“Gentle parenting” seems to be based on sound child psychology principles,
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For the record, concerning Covid:, this is from Quora: ———- President Trump
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It is time to open the ballot sitting on my kitchen counter. Only, the more
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Last September, in a piece titled Where We Expect To Retire, I informed
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Crossla...
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In 2020, I was approached by Deborah Meier and Jane Andrais and I decided
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2023 is almost complete and it was a busy, challenging, rewarding, and fun
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Well, this is the first anniversary of the introduction of Generative AI in
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over o...
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago
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*Defeating the Purpose of Education*
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There is a teacher shortage.And just to be sure you understand, it's not
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama
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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
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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 CLASS INSTRUCTION IN 2018 – PART TWO. Here are this week’s picks: Oxplore is a project of Oxford. It identifies “big” questions, and provides videos and articles students can use to explore as they
Free-Photos / Pixabay June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day in the United States. To quote from Wikipedia : In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Flag Day .
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 18,000 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 Seven Most Popular Pins In 2018
Six years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” 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 2018 – So Far , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . You
Tumisu / Pixabay I do a lesson in my IB Theory of Knowledge class on moral relativism that generally goes pretty well (see HERE’S MY ABSOLUTISM/RELATIVISM PROJECT FOR TOK – HELP ME MAKE IT BETTER ). Today, the BBC published this short video on the same topic that I might add to that lesson. Below that new one, I’ve embedded another video I just found that could be useful, too:
geralt / Pixabay TED-Ed has just released this lesson and video on “clickbait.” I’m adding it to The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More .
What Is the Biggest Mistake an Administrator Can Make? is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments sections there or here…
KlausHausmann / Pixabay The Library of Congress’ Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936 to 1938 collection “contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration, later renamed W
The latest figures suggest that there are twelve-thousand unaccompanied minors in federal custody . Now, they wont’ be receiving and educational or recreational services because the Trump Administration just stopped paying for them. The Cruelty Is The Point . Read more at: Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters is from The
Author Interview: ‘Co-Teaching for English-Learners’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove agreed to answer a few questions about their book, “Co-Teaching for English Learners.” Here are some excerpts:
PublicDomainArchive / Pixabay The International Labour Organization of the United Nations has recognized June 12th as The World Day Against Child Labor. You might be interested in The Best Resources For The World Day Against Child Labor .
WikiImages / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from FRANCE 24 English to The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part Two) :
A very large group of private non-profits and public agencies began Immigrant Heritage Month in 2013. For this year, they’ve begun an “I Am An Immigrant” campaign, which you can read about at NBC News and learn by watching these videos: This particular new campaign encourages people to post images of themselves online saying they are an immigrant, so that may not work for most teachers and classe
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 TWELFT
Ways to Be a Successful Co-Teacher is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Amber Chandler, Margaret Searle, Bradley Witzel, and Wendy W. Murawski wrap up a three-part series on how to be successful co-teachers. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Co-Teaching With ELLs – Please Suggest More .
Elionas / Pixabay I was in a small meeting of district and school staff yesterday, and it was mentioned that grades of students tend to go down second semester from first semester. This observation was said to be based on research, though they couldn’t cite it. After thinking about it, that also resonates with my experience. It’s prompting me to think about how to combat this issue, and to plan o
A lot of us at our school use what our principal, Jim Peterson, calls “walk-and-talks”: taking a student out of another class during our prep period to “walk-and-talk” with him/her. They are great ways to build relationships, work through challenging issues, and “clear the air.” In fact, I’ve previously posted a guest post from Jim, Guest Post: “Walk & Talks” Are Extremely Effective Way To Connec
Strategies for Effective Co-Teaching Arrangements is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Tan Huynh, Abby Shink, Gloria Lodato Wilson, Joan Blednick, Heather Stinson, Dr. Catherine Beck, and Dr. Heidi Pace talk about the “dos and don’ts” of co-teaching. Here are some excerpts:
It continues to be time for mid-year “Best” lists. The first was THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 – PART ONE . The second was The Best Social Studies Websites – 2019 (Part One) . Third was The Best Online Learning Games – 2019 (Part One) . You can see all my previous “Best” lists related to videos and movies (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that
pencilparker / Pixabay There are a lot of free sites at The Best Ways To Make Comic Strips Online , and here are two new additions: You can create comics with Canva . Comic Master
The Best Co-Teaching Advice Is to ‘Be Resilient’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Elizabeth Stein, Jenny Vo, Becky Corr, Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove share their commentaries on effective co-teaching arrangements. Here are some excerpts:
It continues to be time for mid-year “Best” lists. The first was THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 – PART ONE . The second was The Best Social Studies Websites – 2019 (Part One) . You can see all my previous Online Learning Games “Best” lists (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated. Here are my picks fro
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 2018 – So Far. Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Research Matters / Cultivati
(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 2,000 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
hannahlouise123 / Pixabay How The World Votes is a super-impressive interactive from Al Jazeera. It compares tons of elements related to voting in countries around the world, including voting age and structure of the governing system. A small portion of all the info relates specifically to 2019 elections, but the vast majority of the site is not specific to this year. It would be a good companion
BiljaST / Pixabay Five 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 2018 – So Far and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2018 – PART TWO . A
Yup, it’s that time again for mid-year “Best” lists. The first was THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 – PART ONE . You can see all my previous Social Studies “Best” lists (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here . Note that they’re also continually revised and updated. Here are my picks from the first part of 2019: Learning Together is a new teacher resource si
filmbetrachterin / Pixabay This is from The Library of Congress : Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The Stonewall riots were a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States the last Sunday in June was initially celebrated
Avoiding the Biggest Mistakes School Administrators Make is the topic if my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the conversation by Anne Vilen, Marcy Webb, and Dr. Jason Kotch, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Education Week Teacher column. You can also now listen to the show on Google Play and Stitcher , in addition to iTunes. I’m adding this show to All My B
PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I used to post weekly collections of my best tweets, and used Storify to bring them together. Unfortunately, Storify went under. Fortunately, however, Wakelet was a new tool that was able to import all of a person’s Storifys. So you can see all those previous Twitter “Best” lists here . I don’t want to risk putting all the work into those posts again and risk losing the
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay The United Nations has declared June 5th to be World Environment Day. You might be interested in The Best Resources For World Environment Day .
Editor’s Note: I recently invited readers to contribute short posts about their experiences teaching adult English Language Learners. Many have responded – and there’s room for more! The first post was by Antoinette Perez. The