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Invited Testimony: Same Shift, Different Day for Latinos and African Americans | Cloaking Inequity
Invited Testimony: Same Shift, Different Day for Latinos and African Americans | Cloaking Inequity: Invited Testimony: Same Shift, Different Day for Latinos and African AmericansWill the tracking of Latinos and African Americans into “practical” careers redouble? Will politicians and districts pass it off as “choice”? Morgan Smith from the Texas Tribune wrote:Only high school students who pursue an honors plan or a diploma specializing in math and science will have to take algebra II under recommendations that the Texas State Board of Education preliminarily approved Thursday.Despite an initia
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-24-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Lecker: Toxic Stress Hurts ChildrenWhen I visited Finland, which is widely recognized as one of the top performing nations in the world, every educator spoke of their goals. They want their students to be happy, healthy, and enthusiastic learners. They did not care about test scores. The years from the beginning of school (at age 7) to high school graduation is considered a “standardized-testing-free zone,” as Pasi Sahlberg put iti6 by dianeravitch / 1h More Charters for Idaho?A reader sends this comment: “Dr. Ravitch refers to
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11-24-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: JFK: Political Thoughts....during a reception at the National Gallery of Art, the Kennedys were supposed to take an elevator to greet their guests. But the elevator was not working, and when they stepped out, the lieutenant said, he was so close to Mrs. Kennedy that he could smell her perfume. Here is how he remembers what happened next: “I’m in my mannequin face, and she said words to the effect, “Jack, let’s take theby ed notes online / 1h Lisa Donlan Judges Bloomberg Ed Legacy in Comparison to the Old SystemThe argument ed deformers made for mayoral control wascorruption, c
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11-24-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Infographic: “Lunches From Around The World”I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. Infographic by Chef Worksby Larry Ferlazzo / 11h   Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of th
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Daily Kos byteacherken: Danger Lurks in That Mickey Mouse Couch
Daily Kos: Danger Lurks in That Mickey Mouse Couch: Danger Lurks in That Mickey Mouse CouchbyteacherkenFollowis the title of this New York Times column by Nick Kristof that I hope will encourage you to turn on your televisions tomorrow, not for football, but to watch a documentary titled Toxic Hot Seaton HBO.The background is simple -  furniture, including that made specifically for children, cont
by mike simpson / 44min 
11-24-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Safe Spaces for Teachers’ Professional Voices in a Public SphereSafe Spaces for Teachers\’ Professional Voices in a Public Sphere. via Safe Spaces for Teachers’ Professional Voices in a Public Sphere.by plthomasedd / 15min YESTERDAYCommon Core Unrest Obvious in 17 StatesProponents of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are fond of saying that CCSS “has been adopted by 45 state
by mike simpson / 47min 
11-24-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Safe Spaces for Teachers’ Professional Voices in a Public SphereIt is a bittersweet irony that words are mostly inadequate to express my appreciation to be nominated for and then recognized with the National Council of Teachers of English 2013 George Orwell Award—”establ
by mike simpson / 49min 
11-24-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School Blog Finally On The TwitterHere - realitybasededucator@perdidostschool Still holding out on the Facebook though.Screw Zuckerberg.by reality-based edu... / 17min skip  //  saveNew York Only State STILL Committed To InBloom Data ProgramThe Associated Press covers the inBloom mess in New York State:NEW YORK (AP) — After months of debate about the risks of
by mike simpson / 51min 
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Write 50 Times:"I Will Turn in My Progress Report":Why is This Still Happening?
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Write 50 Times:"I Will Turn in My Progress Report":Why is This Still Happening?: Write 50 Times:"I Will Turn in My Progress Report":Why is This Still Happening?I was talking to my lil sis the other night, and she told me about an incident she had with my nephew's teacher. Keep in mind two things. One, my nephew is a senior in high school. Two,
by mike simpson / 56min 
Common Core Unrest Obvious in 17 States | deutsch29
Common Core Unrest Obvious in 17 States | deutsch29: Common Core Unrest Obvious in 17 StatesNovember 23, 2013Proponents of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are fond of saying that CCSS “has been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia.” However, it seems that they refuse to mention the CCSS resistance that has found its way into state offices–often resulting in formal hearings.Belo
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How do we stop the revolving door of new teachers? | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
How do we stop the revolving door of new teachers? | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: How do we stop the revolving door of new teachers? COMMENT(5) 0 10 1 13View Larger Teacher turnoverPrevious PostsThat celebratory shouting: 7,500 high school seniors learning they were admitted to UGA todayNovember 22, 2013Coming Monday: Will state Supreme Court ruling stabilize DeKalb school board or upend it? Novemb
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Philadelphia Speaks Out at Gubernatorial Forum | WeArePCAPS
Philadelphia Speaks Out at Gubernatorial Forum | WeArePCAPS: Philadelphia Speaks Out at Gubernatorial ForumPosted on November 24, 2013by wearepcapsA. Gubernatorial Candidates Forum (Video)If you were unable to attend or watch the PA. Gubernatorial Candidates Forum earlier at Temple University, click the Link below to catch the video made by Media Mobilizing Project(Note: The Video starts at the 14
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NPE National Conference 2014| The Network For Public Education
The Network For Public Education | NPE National Conference 2013: NPE National Conference 2014admin November 24, 2013 NPE National Conference, NPE NewsThe Network for Public Education is pleased to announce our first National Conference. The event will take place on March 1 & 2, 2014 (the weekend prior to the world-famous South by Southwest Festival) at The University of Texas at Austin.At the
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YESTERDAY

Ivy Academia Charter School | California Father
Ivy Academia Charter School | California Father: Ivy Academia Charter Schoolby California Father on November 23, 2013 · Leave a CommentOnce in junior high, I asked Miss Casey (on whom, like most of the 7th grade boys, I had a crush) if teachers ever went to the bathroom. She laughed at my joke and I have tried to make other pretty women laugh ever since.By the way, she told me that, yes, in fact,
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Nite Cap 11-23-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP mark as readTeachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda Gates | Teachers' Letters to Bill GatesTeachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda Gates
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Teachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda Gates | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
Teachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda Gates | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: Teachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda GatesPosted on November 23, 2013by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesGrand High Witch: Witches of England  Teachers of the US… You are a disgrace! Miserablewitches teachers… You
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NYC Public School Parents: Videos and account of hearings on the dangers of inBloom and private data-sharing in Albany and Chicago
NYC Public School Parents: Videos and account of hearings on the dangers of inBloom and private data-sharing in Albany and Chicago: Videos and account of hearings on the dangers of inBloom and private data-sharing in Albany and ChicagoVideo  of Wednesday’s excellent NY Assembly hearings in Albany on inBloom and student privacy are online and below, including riveting critiques from many of the Ass
by mike simpson / 16h 
Coop Goes to High School Part 9 – On My Own Terms | Lefty Parent
Coop Goes to High School Part 9 – On My Own Terms | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 9 – On My Own TermsNovember 23rd, 2013 at 13:20Me bottom row 2nd from the left and some of my JLO comradesLiving life on my own terms, at my own cadence, surrounded by those with whom I could share a sense of real collaboration and community, that’s what I wanted. Not some day in the future after I’d ju
by mike simpson / 16h 
Texas Democrats Are Running an All-Female Ticket - The Wire
Texas Democrats Are Running an All-Female Ticket - The Wire: Texas Democrats Are Running an All-Female TicketCONNOR SIMPSONAPShould the primaries go as expected, Texas democrats will for the first time in history run two women for the state's top positions. On Saturday, in front of roughly 500 supporters gathered inside the San Antonio College gymnasium, the Texas Tribune reports state Senator Let
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11-23-13 Saturday Matinรฉe Special Double Feature News Breakout
Saturday Matinรฉe Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutSpecial  Sneak Preview - Witch Hunter starring Campbell Brown  News BreakComing to a theater near you! mark as readPUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill AyersPUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill Ayers: PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) WeekMonday, November 25th 7:00 pm – Harvard
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PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill Ayers
PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill Ayers: PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) WeekMonday, November 25th 7:00 pm – Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA   Tuesday, November 26th 7:00pm – Broadside Bookshop 247 Main Street Northampton, MAby billayers / 5min The deep-thinking wisdom of RUSH LIMBAUGH today:“I mean, it’s true, folks. There’s no advise
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▶ Leonie Haimson on Data Privacy and inBloom - YouTube
▶ Leonie Haimson on Data Privacy and inBloom - YouTube: Leonie Haimson on Data Privacy and inBloom Parents Across America Co-Founder Leonie Haimson discusses inBloom and data security at Fosco Park in Chicago on November 22, 2013, at a forum hosted by Parents United for Responsible Education and More Than A Score. Go to Parents Across America.
by mike simpson / 20h 
Many Homeless Children and Families in the United States are Still Invisible | First Focus
Many Homeless Children and Families in the United States are Still Invisible | First Focus: Many Homeless Children and Families in the United States are Still InvisibleBy Cara BaldariNovember 22, 2013Yesterday the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new data indicating that 222,197 people in families were homeless as of January 2013, a 7.2 percent decrease since 2012. I
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2nd Banana 11-23-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTCapistrano School Board Rejects Teachers’ Proposal - California Teachers AssociationCapistrano School Board Rejects Teachers’ ProposalContact: Vicki Soderberg (949) 463-6951 (cell); vsoderberg@cuea.org; Bill Guy (619) 709-0028 (cell); bguy@cta.org Ambiguous Offer To Negotiate Begins With Veiled ThreatSeattle Schools Community Forum: Ingraha
by mike simpson / 22h 
Morning Wink 11-23-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readWhat’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?: What’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?Jose Luis Vilson has been picking at the scab of race around issues in ed reform recently. This post about the “white suburban mom” gaffe US Secretary of Education Duncan
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Invited Testimony: Same Shift, Different Day for Latinos and African Americans | Cloaking Inequity

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Invited Testimony: Same Shift, Different Day for Latinos and African Americans

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Will the tracking of Latinos and African Americans into “practical” careers redouble? Will politicians and districts pass it off as “choice”? Morgan Smith from the Texas Tribune wrote:
Only high school students who pursue an honors plan or a diploma specializing in math and science will have to take algebra II under recommendations that the Texas State Board of Education preliminarily approved Thursday.
Despite an initial proposal that had included the advanced math course in all five new diploma plans, the 15-member board was nearly unanimous in its decision Thursday. The single no vote came from Martha Dominguez, D-El Paso…
 An unexpected visit from House Public Education Chairman Jimmie Don Aycock, R-Killeen, and Senate Education Chairman Dan Patrick, R-Houston. Both lawmakers urged the board to reserve as much flexibility for local school districts as possible — and not to require algebra II to fulfill all of the graduation plans.
The new law came with the support of many educators, parents and a coalition of business leaders who 
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-24-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Frank Bruni Wonders Whether American Kids Are Too Coddled
For many years, Frank Bruni was a wonderful restaurant reviewer for the New York Times. But now he is a regular opinion writer for the New York Times, and when he writes about education, he is way over his head. He was one of the few to write sympathetically about the corporate reform turkey “Won’t Back Down,” which opened in 2,500 theaters to bad reviews and disappeared a month later. His latest
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Missouri Commissioner Works with Outside Group to Destroy Teacher Tenure
The Kansas City Star reports that State Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro collaborated with anti-public education forces to draft legislation to eliminate teacher tenure. Emails obtained through the state’s Sunshine Law revealed the commissioner’s relationship with the group. The group is associated with Rex Singuefeld, a local hedge fund manager who co-founded a firm that manages more than $
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Architects of Bloomberg’s Accountability Plan Back Off
A little late in the day, with only six weeks left in the Bloomberg administration, the two key figures in designing New York City’s school accountability measures have declared that it is time for a change. Now they have decided that they leaned too much on test scores. Now they tell us! Please read the comments that follow the article. They remind us how many schools were closed based on the app
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E.L. Doctorow on Technology in Our Lives
Every once in a while, I read something that sticks with me and reverberates in my mind. That was my reaction when I read E.L. Doctorow’s remarks at the National Book Awards. These are words to savor, chew on, and ponder. “Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation magazine, introduced E. L. Doctorow, the recipient of the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Mr. Navasky
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LA Times Plans to Post Teacher VAM Ratings Again
In her blog, VAMboozled, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley reports that the LA Times plans again to publish teachers’ value-added ratings. When they did it in 2011, a teacher committed suicide. Researchers discredited the results. Since then, researchers have demonstrated that these ratings are unstable and inaccurate. They bounce around from year to year. The Times doesn’t care whose career or reputation t
by dianeravitch / 15min 
Schneider: CCSS Backlash in 17 States
Mercedes Schneider has identified 17 states where protests against Common Core standards are heating up, in some cases leading to a slowdown or cancellation of implementation. She writes: “Over one-third of the states whose governors and state superintendents signed the CCSS Memorandum of Understanding as part of US Department of Education Race to the Top (RTTT) funding are now percolating with
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Lecker: Toxic Stress Hurts Children
When I visited Finland, which is widely recognized as one of the top performing nations in the world, every educator spoke of their goals. They want their students to be happy, healthy, and enthusiastic learners. They did not care about test scores. The years from the beginning of school (at age 7) to high school graduation is considered a “standardized-testing-free zone,” as Pasi Sahlberg put iti
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More Charters for Idaho?
A reader sends this comment: “Dr. Ravitch refers to a “push to introduce charters to Idaho.” Idaho has had charter schools since 1991, though the initial legislation authorizing them has been so often revised by the Legislature that Idaho’s Office of Performance Evaluation recently reported that there is little difference between Idaho charter schools and traditional public schools, and that Idah
by dianeravitch / 2h 
Jason Stanford on John Kuhn: How Texas Hoaxed the Nation
The next President should select John Kuhn, superintendent of schools in the little Perrin-Whitt District in Texas as Secretary of Education. Why? Because John Kuhn has the heart, the vision, the love of children, the courage, the honesty, and the integrity that the position requires. The Department is the kind of bureaucracy that runs itself, no matter who is the Secretary. Like any big organiza
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 11-23-13 -13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGmark as readHigh School Students in New Orleans Walk Out in ProtestI received this letter from a teacher who taught in Louisiana until recently. I am posting anonymously for her sake: Dear friends, I am not writing you from New Orleans, and I do not know these students, but I taught in this area for 9 years, and after 3 s
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11-24-13 Ed Notes Online

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JFK: Political Thoughts
....during a reception at the National Gallery of Art, the Kennedys were supposed to take an elevator to greet their guests. But the elevator was not working, and when they stepped out, the lieutenant said, he was so close to Mrs. Kennedy that he could smell her perfume. Here is how he remembers what happened next: “I’m in my mannequin face, and she said words to the effect, “Jack, let’s take the
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Lisa Donlan Judges Bloomberg Ed Legacy in Comparison to the Old System
The argument ed deformers made for mayoral control wascorruption, chaos, inequity and cronyism by the old school boards. Many of us fought to reform that system, not to eliminate it. In fact I and my pals went to many school board meetings in District 14 through the 70s arguing for less supervisors and lower class size and for fundamental reform.But the horror story of the chaos, inequity and cron
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11-23-13 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Online mark as readSusan's Saturday SpecialWe're getting into the habit of posting an Ohanian compendium every Saturday morning so we all have stuff to read in all our spare weekend time. As usual, she tears up the common core.We're serving Thanksgiving lunch at the Senior Center today. Turkey and all the trimmings.There are new cartoons, but I'm in a rush. You can find t
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11-24-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:




More Thanksgiving Resources
Here are more additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: Five myths about the Pilgrims is from The Washington Post. Thanksgiving By The Numbers is an infographic from The History Channel. I’ve embedded below, but I don’t think it will come on an RSS Reader: Provided by Nationwide Bank Here are all the Thanksgiving resources from The New York Times Learning Network in on
by Larry Ferlazzo / 39min 

Video: “Kid President’s 20 Things We Should Say More Often”
This could be a fun and useful video to show to any class, and particularly to a class of English Language Learners:
by Larry Ferlazzo / 40min 




Infographic: Sustainable Thanksgiving
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving:
by Larry Ferlazzo / 3min 
Here’s What My IB Theory Of Knowledge Students Did For Their “Ways Of Knowing Final Project”
As regular readers know, in addition to teaching English Language Learners and mainstream classes, I also teach a very diverse International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge class that includes students ranging from ones in my ELL classes to full-IB Diploma candidates. I think it’s safe to say it’s great experiences for students and teacher alike. One of the major projects I had students do this
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h 
This Week In Web 2.0
In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth , I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” It’ll be a short compilation of new decent sites that are worth noting, but maybe not necessarily worth a separate post… It’s a short post this week: Creating and Using Video is by Edublogs’ Sue Waters, and is one of the most useful posts I’ve seen this
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h 


“The Challenger Disaster” Is An Excellent Movie For TOK & Other Classes
“The Challenger Disaster” was shown on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel last week, and it was an impressive movie. Even though I’ve blogged a lot about Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, I was not aware of his critical role in determining the cause of that space shuttle disaster. You can see clips from the movie here and read about it this New York Times article. It could
by Larry Ferlazzo / 37min 
A Collection Of The Best Fun, Yet True, “Said No Teacher Ever” Resources
Last year, John T. Spencer began a great Twitter hashtag called #saidnoteacherever. A lot of people have run with it since. I just learned about a “Said No World Language Teacher Ever” video from Joe Dale, and there are now even “Said No Student Ever” videos. Here’s the one I just learned about through Joe: Here’s one by other teachers. And if you go to watch it on YouTube, people have made some
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h 


Videos Of The Week
In yet another effort to get at my backlog of resources to share, I recently began this feature to share useful videos. I’ll still periodically highlight certain ones on their own, but the rest will be found on this regular post: I’m adding this first video to The Best Sites For Learning About New York City (thanks to Michelle Henry for the tip): I’m adding this video to The Best Sites For Learn
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Infographic: “Lunches From Around The World”
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. Infographic by Chef Works
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h 
  
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 11-23-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY mark as readNovember’s Infographics & Interactives Galore — Part ThreeThere are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists
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