Twelve Ways to Make Math More Culturally Responsive is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share ideas for using culturally responsive teaching in math class, including by helping students make community connections. Here are some excerpts:
geralt / Pixabay Every year about this time, I publish a post advertising the best free professional development for teachers of English Language Learners — The Electronic Village Online : For five weeks in January and February, TESOL experts and participants from around the world engage in collaborative online discussions or hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. These
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : When Will It Be Like 2019 Again? is from The NY Times. One-third of Chicago students opt for in-person learning, but students are disproportionately white is from Chalkbeat. Staggered return for England’s secondary schools next term is from The BBC. Evidence of learning loss
I’ll obviously be adding many more resources to this list next week when a lot more collections are posted around the web, but figured I’d get a head start today. You can see all previous annual editions of this list, along with many other infographic-related resources, here . I’m adding list list to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE . Here they are: The Year in Review: 2020 in 20 Visu
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 2018. mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Earlier this summer, I was asked to share advice to the over two hundred students entering the Sacramento State University teacher credentialing program. I shared one thin
Here’s another end-of-year “Best” list that I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this post to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE! You might also be interested in THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS. Here are all the “Best” lists I’ve published this year (so far): THE BEST RESOURCES TO HELP EDUCATORS TEACH ELL NEWCOMERS THE BEST TOOLS THAT SHOW “PARALLEL TE
Biden says schools should reopen within first 100 days in call with governors is the headline of an Associated Press story today. If teachers got vaccinated, and school districts got their act together to ensure safe conditions for staff and students, I think this would be great timing. Here’s an excerpt from one of my Edutopia articles, Finishing The School Year Strong (which was reprinted from
Just as I was reading The Washington Post article headlined Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer , this next report came out: BREAKING: 1.4 million Americans filed *new* unemployment claims last week — the highest level in weeks. Rising layoffs are an alarm bell that Congress needs to pass more stimulus. Overall, 20.6 million Americans are on unemployment aid as we
WikiImages / Pixabay This is the anniversary of the Wright Brother’s first flight. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Flight . On this day 117 years ago: the Wright Brothers made the first sustained, powered flight in the Wright Flyer. #WrightBrothersDay #AviationHistory pic.twitter.com/GMCOHxZx3f — The FAA (@FAANews) December 17, 2020
Nsรฉ Ufot, the CEO of The New Georgia Project, was interviewed by CBS News yesterday, and the entire interview is embedded below. She begins the interview with a description of the essence of effective community organizing (having had a nineteen-year career as an organizer prior to becoming a
While McKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, is handing out billions to worthy organizations, Jeff Bezos is not so generous, especially to the Amazon workers who made his fortune. At last look on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Bezos was the richest person in the world, with $189 billion, which is growing rapidly as more consumers rely on Amazon for purchases during the pandemic. While Bezo
McKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos. She was at his side when he founded Amazon and was the company’s first accountant. She played a role in the success of the company. When they divorced (he left her for another woman), McKenzie received a share of his Amazon stock. She is now one of the richest people in the world. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranks her as the 18th richest person in
Lorrie A. Shepard is one of the nation’s most eminent assessment experts. In this article in Education Week, she explains that it would be a mistake to resume testing this spring. She is University Distinguished Professor in the research and evaluation methodology program of the school of education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Shepard writes: This past spring, the U.S. Department of Edu
This is an enjoyable read. Edutopia identified what it calls the ten most significant education studies of 2020 . Probably none of these studies made it into the U.S. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse. Here are the first three: 1. TO TEACH VOCABULARY, LET KIDS BE THESPIANS When students are learning a new language, ask them to act out vocabulary words. It’s fun to unleash a child
The first snow storm of the season raged up the Eastern seaboard! Students thought they might have a snow day, but in some districts, the leadership said “No!” This will upset those “reformers” who think it is time to get tough on the kids, time to get ready for the next test, time to squelch any sign of happiness, but: In West Virginia, a school superintendent said a loud “Yes!” In a letter to t
Al Gore writes in this article in the New York Times about his reasons to feel hopeful. The United States again has a leader who understands the seriousness of the climate crisis and is prepared to take action, first of all by rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, which Trump abandoned. As you read this thoughtful article, you can only dream of what we lost as a nation because of 537 votes in Flori
D.C.-based The Hill says that Lily Eskelsen Garcia, ex-president of the National Education Assiciation, is the leading candidate for U.S. Secretary of Education. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/530592-ex-teachers-union-leader-seen-as-leading-candidate-for-bidens The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) endorsed Eskelsen Garcรญa for the job earlier this month, as did several Latino advoc
The Washington Post reported that two new names have emerged as top contenders for Secretary of Education in the Biden Administration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/biden-education-secretary-fenwick-cardona/2020/12/16/5811142e-3fb4-11eb-8bc0-
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