Enjoy this beautiful rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, performed by 300 people from 15 countries. Here are the liner notes: In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, 300 people from 15 different countries came together to participate in a virtual rendition of the beautiful song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel
SomeDam Poet warns: The trolls are waiting under bridge To pounce upon the passing kids Disguised as broads and billy goats With candy and with diet kochs
In 2013, I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Cuba with my partner and two friends. The Obama administration had relaxed restrictions on travel, and we visited as part of a people-to-people program. Our group flew to Miami, then boarded an American Airlines charter jet that brought us in less than an hour to Jose Marti airport in Havana. Many of our fellow passengers were a Cubans carry
Michael A. Cohen is a regular columnist for the Boston Globe. He has determined that the current era will henceforth be called “the Era of Stupid.” President Trump’s moronic behavior is the defining feature of American life. Americans have long divided our nearly 244-year history into eras. There was the Era of Good Feelings in the 1810s and 1820s; the Gilded Age in the late 19th century; the New
Peter Greene recognizes one of the great education heroes of our age , Dr. Lester Perelman, who retired a few years ago from MIT, where he taught writing. Les Perelman carefully and thoroughly debunked “robograding” of student essays. ETS had a robograder that allegedly graded thousands of essays in a minute or less. Perelman showed that students could write nonsensical paragraphs containing blat
Perhaps you recall that Republicans used to favor local control of public schools by elected boards. That time is now gone, since Republicans bought into the idea of privatization of public funds. Now they support state takeovers, even though there is no evidence that state takeovers have ever been successful, and a good deal of evidence (see the Michigan “Education Achievement Authority” and the
Perhaps you know New York Governor Andrew Cuomo only through his daily coronavirus briefings, where he has been thoughtful, strong, and compassionate. But there is another side to Cuomo. He doesn’t like public
In an excellent article, The Hechinger Report finds that many ed tech companies manipulate research findings to show that their products are successful. Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research lays out their research in damning detail. This result isn’t surprising to me. And I can’t really see how it could be surprising to just about anyone. What is
This new video from CBS News provides a good overview, along with images, of what school re-openings look like around the world. I’m adding it to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL .
Free-Photos / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Schools face prospect of layoffs, furloughs as state budget shrinks is from CAL Matters. Reopening Schools in the Context of COVID-19: Health and Safety Guidelines From Other Countries is from The Learning Policy Institute.
The annual Condition of Education from the National Center for Education Statistics has been released. It has tons of info about all things education. And that info includes English Language Learners in Public Schools . The above map is one small slice from the report. I’m adding this post to: The Best Ways To Keep-Up With Current ELL/ESL/EFL News & Research The Best Places To Get Reliable, Valid
Katie Hull and I worked with Ed Week on creating two videos highlighting strategies for encouraging student intrinsic motivation to learn in distance learning. The first one was released last week, and the second one just came out. Here are both (you can see more videos on this topic and others on my video page ).
More Than 900 Children Have Been Expelled Under a Pandemic Border Policy is a depressing article in The New York Times this morning. Anyone who has any degree of surprise about this development can check out The Best Resources For Learning About The Terrible Practice Of Separating Immigrant Parents From Their Children .
I’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: How to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching for Distance Learning is from MindShift. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally Sustai
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 21,000 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 throug
