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THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... 
The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Saturday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : 5 Things We’ve Learned About Virtual School In 2020 is from NPR. Reopening Schools Before a Children’s Vaccine is from The NY Times. Pandemic’s spread in California upends plans for return to school in January — or beyond is from Ed Source. They know the pain of online learning. Here’s w

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

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

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

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

A Look Back – This May Have Potential: Teachers Doing Low-Stakes Observations Of Their Colleagues Resulted In Improvements For Both

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

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’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. geralt / Pixabay A new study in secondary schools found that teachers observing their colleagues two-or-three times an

DEC 03

Friday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos On School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Megan_Rexazin / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Amid COVID-19 surge, parents must decide: When schools reopen, will they send their kids? is from The Los Angeles Times. What Newsom’s COVID stay-at-home order means for schools in the Sacramento region is from The Sacramento Bee. When will children get a coronavirus vaccine? Not

Cool Video: Colorized Clips Of Cities Around The World – In The 1890’s!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

LwcyD / Pixabay Now this is an interesting video, one that I think students would also find engaging: The start of motion pictures, late 1890’s. Rare film of cities, towns and countries. High-quality remastered prints from the Lumiere archives and EYE Film Museum.

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Racism & What White Educators Should Do About It

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Racism In the Classroom: What White Educators Can Do to Help is the present title of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’ve actually requested that they change the title since I think it sounds a bit paternalistic. The show does offer suggestions for what white educators should read and what they can do to combat racism. I’m joined in the conversation by Keisha Rembert, Dr. Denita Harris and

Failing Grades Skyrocketing For Vulnerable Student Populations – Our Schools Have A Huge Problem

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Today’s Washington Post article, Failing grades double and triple — some rising sixfold — amid pandemic learning is one of the most depressing articles any educator is going to read this year. In addition to the textbox above, here’s another excerpt: In Montgomery, a diverse system of more than 161,000 students, Black and Hispanic students from families at or near the poverty line were among the

Here’s A Message From Santa To You, & Your ELL Students Can Easily Create Their Own!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay SynthesiaSanta invites you to write a script for what you want Santa to say and then uses artificial intelligence to create a video showing Santa actually saying it! English Language Learner students would have a ball with it! I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa . Here’s a message from Santa to readers of this blog: https://

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART TWO ): How DeVos May Have Started a Counterrevolution in Education appeared in The NY Times. States Push to Ditch or Downplay Standardized Tests During Virus Surge is from Ed Week. Could Biden Find a Middle Path on Studen

DEC 02

Thursday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

stevepb / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Europe’s schools still open, still relatively safe, through covid-19 second wave is from The Washington Post. California is failing to provide free and equal education to all during pandemic, suit alleges is from The L.A. Times. This entire second-grade D.C. class fell behind in reading

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Nine 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 2020 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this w

This Free History Resource Is GREAT For ELL Newcomers!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Yesterday, I published Here’s An Example Of What I Want To See In A U.S. History Book For Newcomers (& Here’s What Is Out There Now) , where I shared responses to my tweet seeking a U.S. History text accessible to newcomers. Today, I received another tweet: Core Knowledge student readers are free PDFs. They are great! — Rachel (@msschnguyen) December 2, 2020 DUH! I had completely forgotten about

Latest Federal Stimulus Proposal Has Billions For Education

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

jaydeep_ / Pixabay Senate Majority Leader McConnell began circulating a draft plan yesterday for a new stimulus package and, depending on who you listen to, it either has $82 billion or $105 billion for education. Both of those amounts are less than the $150 billion the White House offered in the last negotiations they did with Speaker Pelosi but, nevertheless, it’s still not chump change. At thi

A Look Back: Learning From Our Students

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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 . Some people make fun of teachers who say they learn a lot from their students (see The Onion’s Teacher Who Learns More From Her Students Than She Teaches Them Fired ). I believe there is no question that we educators teach a lot more c

DEC 01

New Video From PBS NewsHour: “Author Elizabeth Acevedo on writing a coming-of-age novel”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

This is a great interview with Elizabeth Acevedo. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More .

Here’s An Example Of What I Want To See In A U.S. History Book For Newcomers (& Here’s What Is Out There Now)

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

GDJ / Pixabay I have used America’s Story for years in my U.S. History classes for Intermediate English Language Learners, and like it a lot. However, even those books are too advanced for Newcomers. The second portion of this post shares a tweet I put out looking for suggestions of U.S. History books accessible to Newcomers. The many responses I received are also included, though I’m not sure an

New Data Suggests That Most Students Weren’t Hurt Badly By Spring School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

The media is awash today with reports on test results from millions of students that suggest that so-called “learning loss” wasn’t that bad because of school closes last spring. The best article of the bunch to read about it is clearly from Chalkbeat: Did students fall behind this spring? Yes, but not as much as feared, new data shows. As annoying as I find people who say “I told you so,” I will

Rosa Parks Was Arrested On This Day 65 Years Ago – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Rosa Parks was arrested 65 years ago. You might be interested in Best Resources For Teaching About Rosa Parks & 60th Anniversary Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott . Police complaint against Rosa Parks 65 years ago today—“Did refuse to take a seat assigned to her race”—Montgomery, Alabama: pic.twitter.com/l3KQyaW0p9 — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 1, 2020

Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos About School Reopenings

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Why School Districts Are Bringing Back Younger Children First is from The NY Times. On Pandemic Schooling, de Blasio Is Actually Leading is from The NY Times.

NOV 30

A Look Back: According To New Research, Rita Pierson Was More Right Than Not When She Said, “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

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 . Many teachers have seen the late Rita Pierson’s great TED Talk and, if you haven’t, it’s embedded at the bottom of this post. Perhaps the most quoted line from the video is “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.” Plenty of rese

Video: “The Power of Habit”

25by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Homegrounds / Pixabay This is a good video synopsis of the book, The Power of Habit , by Charles Duhigg. It has lots of relevance for teachers. In fact, it has so much relevance that Mr. Duhigg wrote a guest post at my Education Week Teacher blog titled Several Ways We Can Help Students Develop Good Habits .

Schools Could Do Far Worse Than Making This New Research Paper A Focus Of Professional Development For Months To Come

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

The cognitive challenges of effective teaching by Stephen Chew and William Cerbin is one of the best and most practical research studies anyone in education is going to find. Unfortunately, it’s behind a paywall, but there are a variety of ways to still gain access to it (see The Best Tools For Academic Research ). They lay-out a list of key challenges facing teachers, and then offer a number of

“This Is Not Sustainable”: Important NY Times Article About Teachers’ Struggles

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Teaching In The Pandemic: ‘This is Not Sustainable is an excellent article that teachers everywhere will say, “Yes, that’s how I’m feeling.” The question is, of course, “Will district and public officials listen?”

NOV 29

Dec. 12th Is The Day Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay December 12th is a Mexican National Holiday, and an important day for many Mexican-Americans — The Day Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning & Teaching About The Day Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe .

Monday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos On School Reopenings

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : New York City Will Reopen Elementary Schools and Phase Out Hybrid Learning is from The NY Times. New York City Schools Will Reopen With New COVID-19 Testing Protocol is from NPR.

My Most Popular Tweets Of The Month

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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 . You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR TWEETS IN 2019 – PART TWO and NEW &

A Look Back: “English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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 . Today, I’ve decided to share an article I wrote for The New York Times Learning Network a several years ago called English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories . Here’s an excerpt:

“Teachers Share What They Want Central Offices & Public Officials to Hear”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Teachers Share What They Want Central Offices & Public Officials to Hear is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Those who make the policy decisions and control the resources often don’t ask educators what they need. Three teachers suggest ways they can be most helpful to the people in the trenches. Here are some excerpts:

This Week’s Resources To Support Teachers Coping With School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Wokandapix / Pixabay I have a number of regular weekly features (see HERE IS A LIST (WITH LINKS) OF ALL MY REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURES ). This is a relatively new addition to that list. Some of these resources will be added to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! and the best will go to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To

Sunday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

kaboompics / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Plastic Dividers and Masks All Day: What Teaching in a Pandemic Looks Like is from The NY Times. This state is shutting bars and gyms as the coronavirus surges — but not schools is from The Washington Post. ‘Unprecedented learning loss’: U.S. students rack up failures as grading retu

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Is On December 7th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

WikiImages / Pixabay Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is on December 7th here in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Pearl Harbor (I’ve just update and revised it).

NOV 28

Here’s My Not-Too-Creative Thinking About Virtual Class Holiday Celebrations – Share Your Own Plans!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Daria-Yakovleva / Pixabay When we go back on Monday, we’ll have three weeks of instruction to go until Winter Break. During “normal” times, during the final week of class before vacation, my classes would have pot lucks, opt-

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