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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

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 Beginning List Of Resources For Teaching About Racist Mascots
GDJ / Pixabay I have had these resources included in another list, New & Revised: The Best Resources I’ve Used In Lessons About Race & Racism , and had been meaning to start its own one. The Cleveland Indians decision to change its name reminded me about it, so here’s a beginning list that will grow rapidly – feel free to make suggestions! Here’s what I have so far: A Super-Simple, Step-by-Step G
Infographic: “Mapping The World’s Refugee Population”
Peggy_Marco / Pixabay I’m adding this new infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day : You will find more infographics at Statista
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
fas / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Schools Will Close in Germany as Cases Surge is from The NY Times. We need a Marshall Plan for our schools. And we need it now. appeared in The Washington Post. Districts Were Trending Toward Reopening. That All Changed One Week in November. is from EdSurge. Covid: heads call for all lesson
“Author Interview: ‘No More Culturally Irrelevant Teaching’”
Author Interview: ‘No More Culturally Irrelevant Teaching’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Mariana Souto-Manning discusses her book, which highlights designing spaces where BIPOC students feel, see, and experience belonging. Here are some excerpts:
A Look Back: The Lessons Our ELL Students Taught Their Schoolmates – Downloadable Book Included!
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 . Mojpe / Pixabay Editor’s Note: Guest Post: What ELLs Taught Our School In A Week-Long Empathy Project is a very popular post by Pam Buric, the writer of today’s post, about an annual project students do at our school – ELLs write about
No Surprise: Teachers In High-Poverty Schools Get Penalized When Observed For Evaluation Purposes
It will come as no surprise to many teachers in low-income communities that when they are observed for evaluation purposes, they are often penalized for conditions beyond their control. And it will not come as any additional surprise that African American teachers are the ones who suffer the most because of it. You can read more about the new study reaching these conclusions – as well as seeing l
Education Week Unveils Major New Redesign
Education Week unveiled its major new redesign today , and it definitely looks different. It’s definitely much better in many ways from its previous one, which was stuck in the 1990’s. It will also take long-time readers (like me) awhile to get used to My Classroom Q&A column is still alive and kicking, and can be 

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