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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


“Twelve Ways to Support Afghan Refugee Students”
Twelve Ways to Support Afghan Refugee Students is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Four teachers with experience teaching refugee students share their suggestions. Here are some excerpts:
August’s Most Popular Posts
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 FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS . Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR
Saturday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Here are today’s additions to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic : A Florida dad tried to enter a school maskless. When a student confronted him, he assaulted her, police said. is from The Washington Post. US outbreaks force early reversals on in-person learning is from The Associated Press. N.Y.C.’s Challenge: Keepi
My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Supporting Students With Learning Differences This School Year
What Do We Need to Support Students With Learning Differences As the Pandemic Lingers? is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the conversation by Amy Gaines, Anne Lê, Ann Stiltner and Elizabeth Stein, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
“Q&A Collections: Entering the Teaching Profession”
Q&A Collections: Entering the Teaching Profession is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Ten years’ worth of advice for those considering a teaching career. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Here’s A Short Slidedeck I Made For Our School On The Difference Between “Cooperative” & “Collaborative” Jigsaws
Marna / Pixabay I think many teachers are familiar with the Jigsaw instructional strategy. Not everyone, though, might know the difference between applying it “cooperatively” and applying it “collaboratively.” We wrote about the difference between the two concepts in our book Navigating The Common Core With English Language Learners. Today, I gave a short presentation on how applying those two pe
Ed Tech Digest
Ten 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 2021 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we

AUG 26

A Collection Of The Best Advice To Teachers About Supporting Afghan Refugee Students
GDJ / Pixabay With the crisis happening in Afghanistan, and with the large numbers of refugees arriving in the U.S., here are some useful resources: 12 Ways to Support Afghan Refugee Students is the headline of one of my Ed Week columns. Helping Refugee Students Thrive: Best Practices from Milken Educators is from The Milken Educator Awards. Perspective | What Afghan students need from educators

AUG 25

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In August
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here ). You can also see my all-time favorites here . I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorite
Most Popular Posts Of The Week
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 FOURTE
Thursday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings
Alexandra_Koch / Pixabay Here are today’s additions to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic : Delta Variant Makes It Even More Important To Have Improved Air Quality In Schools is from NPR. Ohio State announces a vaccine mandate for students and employees. is from The NY Times. Coronavirus cases lead to missed school days for 6,500 LAUSD students during
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
Five New Resources For Supporting Students This Year
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to A BEGINNING LIST OF RESOURCES ON SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AS WE MAKE BABY STEPS TOWARDS A THIRD PANDEMIC SCHOOL YEAR The science of catching up is from The Hechinger Report. Fostering Hope, Healing, and Well-Being is from ASCD. Supporting a Restorative Opening of U.S. Schools is from The Learning Policy Institute (it’s from last year, but it’s new to me).
“Q&A Collections: The Inclusive Classroom”
Q&A Collections: The Inclusive Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Ten years of posts from experienced teachers of students with learning differences. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
A Look Back: My Growth Mindset Lessons Usually Go Well, But What I Did Today Was The Best Yet (Student Hand-Outs 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 . This post originally appeared in 2017. I’ve done a variety of different types of lessons over the years about a growth mindset, and you can see most of them at The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset” – alo
Wednesday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings
stux / Pixabay Here are today’s additions to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic : After FDA approves Pfizer vaccine, several steps remain before kids under 12 can be vaccinated is from NBC News. 1,893 L.A. students, staff tested positive for coronavirus last week, group reports is from The L.A. Times. A Vaccine For Young Children Is Not Likely Until T
It Is Worth Your Time To Listen To Or Read Part Two Of This Zaretta Hammond Interview
I’ve previously posted This Interview With Zaretta Hammond Is Well-Worth Your Time To Read/Listen To… Now, Part Two has come out! Check out The 180 Podcast: Zaretta Hammond: How Teachers Can Become Personal Trainers of Cognitive Development . As in Part Two, you can listen to it or read the transcript. I’m adding this info to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally

AUG 23

Statistic Of The Day: Lots Of Benefits To Welcoming Refugees
There are obviously many humanitarian and historical reasons the United States should welcome refugees from all over the world, including from Afghanistan. Today, Vox published The economic case for letting in as many refugees as possible , which highlights other reasons why countries like the U.S. can benefit from the presence of refugees. One of the pieces they site is this research paper , whi
Tuesday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings
Engin_Akyurt / Pixabay Here are today’s additions to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic : California man accused of attacking teacher in mask dispute charged with misdemeanors is from The Sacramento Bee. ‘It’s impossible’: Lack of Covid safeguards overwhelm school nurses is from NBC News. No bus driver? Schools are paying parents to drive their own ki
Research Finds Yet Another Challenge Facing Low-Income Communities: A “Sleep Gap”
There has been a lot of research on issues around teens and sleep, and I’ve done lessons on it with my students (see The Best Resources For Helping Teens Learn About The Importance Of Sleep ). And there has also been substantial research on the challenges poverty causes by reducing “mental bandwidth.” For example, poverty, in some situations, might cause issues with “self-control,” not the other
A Look Back: Knowledge Isn’t Power — “Power is Power”
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 . This post originally appeared in 2013. PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay I’ve been watching “Game of Thrones” on DVD, and just saw this great scene that teaches an important lesson about making change: Knowledge is not power — “Power is p

AUG 22

“Q&A Collections: Author Interviews”
Q&A Collections: Author Interviews is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Over 100 interviews with authors of some of the most important education books published over the past 10 years. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Quote Of The Day: The Role Of Teacher Expectations
How teacher expectations empower student learning is a new report from Brookings that is worth reviewing. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER EXPECTATIONS .
August’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,269 Of Them!
Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,266 of them categorized here ): A BEGINNING LIST TO LEARN ABOUT THE 2022 BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE LIFE OF BOB MOSES
The Second Edition Of Our Book, “The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide,” Is 95% Done!
It’s two year’s late because we edited the other books in the “Toolbox” series, but the second edition of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide is just about ready! We expect to make the final manuscript submission in mid-September, and it is scheduled to be published in the first part of 2022. In fact, you can already pre-order it on Amazon . Here’s how the publisher is describing it: The ESL/ELL
“Q&A Collections: Advice for New Teachers”
Q&A Collections: Advice for New Teachers is the headline of my latest Education Week column. You can find ten year’s worth of advice from many experienced teachers. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Sunday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings
albertoadan / Pixabay Here are today’s additions to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic : The Topic Of Masks In Schools Is Polarizing Some Parents To The Point Of Violence is from NPR. Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don’t Help and May Make Things Worse is from The NY Times. Arizona Teacher Says Lack Of Mask Mandate Leaves Teachers And Stude
A Look Back: The Elephant In The Room In The Talent vs. Practice Debate
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 . This post originally appeared in 2016. An article in last week’s New Yorker, Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect , is the latest salvo in attempts to debunk the popularized mythology that people can become experts in any field through practi

AUG 21

My Bernie Sanders Meme & How To Make Your Own
Here’s another meme to illustrate my post on how COVID 19 HAS MADE TRANSPARENT THE LACK OF SKILLED LEADERSHIP IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. You can make your own here . I’m adding it to The Best Tools For Making Internet ” Memes.”

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