8-10-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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

This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”

I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with a minimal description. It forces me to look through these older links, and help me organize them for my own use. I hope others will find them helpful, too

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h 

New Video: “Our Curiosity” With Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I’m adding this new video to The Best Sites For Learning About The Mars Rover Curiosity:

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 blogging about, I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2013). I also sometimes include tech tools that might not exactly fit the definition of Web 2.0: An Easy Guide to Creating a Presentation in Canva is from the

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Important Resources On Race

© 2012 Sasha Kimel, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio Though the circumstances of Michael Brown’s shooting last night in Missouri are still not clear, it does echo the deaths of so many other young African-American youth. Here are some new additions to A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism: White People Are Fine With Laws That Harm Blacks is from Slate. Telling white

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11min 

‘Read, Write, Lead’: An Interview With Regie Routman

‘Read, Write, Lead’: An Interview With Regie Routman is the headline of my latest column over at Education Week Teacher. Here are a couple of excerpts:

by Larry Ferlazzo / 31min 

Manuscript For My Third Book On Student Motivation Is Done!

© 2009 studio tdes, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Though I still have to give it one last “run-through,” the manuscript for the third book in my student motivation “trilogy” is now complete and ready to submit to the publisher, Routledge. It’s titled: Building a Community of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies to Help Students Thrive in School and Beyond It will be published in early 2015, though the

by Larry Ferlazzo / 8h 

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 8-9-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the WeekResources On The Iraq Crisis© 2014 Gwydion M. Williams, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Web Resources On The Iraq War: Maps: Crisis in Iraq is from CNN. The Iraq-ISIS Conflict in Maps, Photos and Video is from The New York Times.by Larry Ferlazzo / 7h Importa

by mike simpson / 8h 

8-10-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:

Post your #selfieforkaren everywhere. Send ‘em here and I’ll post it.

TMD. David Vitale and Concept Charter Schools.

by Fred Klonsky / 58min 

Thoughts about tenure. Why Scalia and not teachers?

I posted a tweet earlier today. Why should Antonin Scalia get tenure and not teachers? I meant it as being ironic. But somebody tweeted me back scornfully. Probably a teacher. Tenure isn’t a job for life! Yep. I kind of know that having taught for 30 years and knowing my contract pretty well (better than any principal I had to deal with). And fighting Illinois’ Senate Bill 1, which went far in de

by Fred Klonsky / 1min 

Sunday reads.

Chicago Teachers Union at Chicago’s Bud Billiken parade, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States. NY City looses students’ Regents exams. CPS board of ed president David Vitale’s bank benefits from charter operation. Obama is the fourth US president in a row to use the US military in Iraq. No luck so far. Southside Chicago’s Jackie Robinson Little League team heads for

by Fred Klonsky / 11min 

#selfiesforkaren.

Rahm headache selfie.

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#selfiesforkaren.

Tim Meegan for 33rd Ward Alderman.

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#selfiesforkaren.

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8-9-14 Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherKeeping retirement weird. Michael Mulgrew and Eric Zorn.A month after the AFT convention, Michael Mulgrew is getting a lot of attention these past few days. His threats to punch anyone in the face – and he was talking directly to

by mike simpson / 8h

8-10-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:

Can Florida Teachers and Public School Advcates Look to the Harbinger of Hawaii?

From Cathy Bussewitz and Juliet Williams  of the Associated Press: A 40-year political career came to a close after Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie lost his bid for a second term in a stunning primary-election defeat by a fellow Democrat and state senator who defied party leadership to challenge the incumbent. A second intraparty fight for U.S. Senate was too close to call. State Sen. David Ige, once

by Bob Sikes / 1min 

8-9-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in FloridaScathing Purple MusingsColor me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in EducationIt’s Called Backdoor Legislation, Senator Gardiner, and the Florida Constitution Says You Can’t Do ItVice President of the Florida Education Association Joanne McCall provides an effective response to Andy Gardiner’s shrill

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8-10-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter:

Vile opportunist Alex Johnson's shameless accusations of paid Rev. Jesse Jackson endorsements

I would say Marguerite is turning in her grave, but her family hasn't even had time to bury her before the very forces she fought against on the Board and political opportunists are seeking to harm the schools and children she fought so passionately to protect. — Celes King IV Tuesday, August 12, 2014 there is a special election in Los Angeles. It is critical in that it is for the District 1 boar

by Robert D. Skeels ... / 15min 

Australia to require "the phonics method"

Sent to the Sydney Daily Telegraph (Australia) Re the new "phonics requirement": ("Education minister orders universities to teach phonics or face losing accreditation," August 10) "Phonics" could mean "systematic, intensive phonics,": teaching all phonics rules to all children in a strict sequence. Research done by Prof. Elaine Garan shows that systematic

by skrashen / 15min

Susan O's Letter to the NYTimes

Posted August 8:To the Editor:I witnessed the educational abuse of South Korean children documented in “How South Korea Enslaves Its Students,” by Se-Woong Koo (Sunday Review, Aug. 3), when I was asked by the Korean teachers’ union in 2007 to speak about the dangers the No Child Left Behind law brought to American schools. I asked if I could go early and visit schools in Seoul.While Seoul kinderga

by Jim Horn / 10min 

We Are Out of Options: It's Capitalism or Us

by Jim Horn / 14min 

8-9-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekIndy Corporate School Complex Gearing Up for IPS School Board Buyoutby Doug MartinEven though the filing deadline is not until the end of the month, the Indy Chamber has already handpicked candidates to elect to the IPS school board to completely turn the city’s schools over to the greedy. Readers who have read Hoosier School Heist know exactly what this mea

by mike simpson / 8h 

8-10-14 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE:

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Join Drs. Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar 

LIVE Sundays at 6PM EST and Wednesdays at 7PM EST 

on Blog Talk Radio for progressive, pro-public education talk radio. 

Call in to speak live with Tim and Shaun during the show, (805) 727-7111. 

You can also listen to our Monday "Sunday-Replay" at 7PM EST, and re-broadcasts of the archives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7PM EST.

Visit the @ the Chalk Face radio main page for more information on the show and syndication.

Was accidentally wearing my sunglasses while looking up some stuff online. #theylive

by Shaun Johnson / 0min 

RSD School Construction Overspending and Substandard Concrete: Time for Jindal Admin to Expand Its Audit

  As of June 18, 2014, Louisiana State Superintendent John White has found himself to be the focus of Office of Contractual Renewal (OCR) and Division of Administration (DOA) investigation for his questionable methods regarding Louisiana’s assessment contracts. White has publicly complained that such is evidence that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is out to get […]

by deutsch29 / 8h 

All Week 8-9-14 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE About the radio showJoin Drs. Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar LIVE Sundays at 6PM EST and Wednesdays at 7PM EST on Blog Talk Radio for progressive, pro-public education talk radio. Call in to speak live with Tim and Shaun during the show, (805) 727-7111. You can also listen to our Monday "Sunday-Replay" at 7PM EST, and re-broadcasts of the archiv

by mike simpson / 8h 

8-10-14 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):

Preventing Arson Instead of Putting Out Fires

What do the allegory of the river, the science fiction film In Time, and a mainstream examination of living in poverty by an economist and a psychologist reveal for those of us seeking the next phase in our resistance of the education reform agenda in the U.S.? We need to pull back from a thousand individual examples of how political, media, and public claims about education are failing children a

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GreenvilleOnline: SC should choose Oklahoma, not Florida

SC should choose Oklahoma, not Florida [1] What do third-grade retention policies based on reading tests and charter schools have in common? First, they have a great deal of public and political support. But, second, the research base on these policies has shown repeatedly that they do more to fail students than to achieve any of the lofty goals advocates claim. South Carolina is a typical example

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8-9-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

THE BECOMING RADICALEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical  A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by “Education as Great Equalizer” Deforming Myth, Not RealityIn the Seinfeld episode “The Hamptons,” viewers watch yet another clash between the essentially soulless main characters as they interact with the very white and privileged “real world” surrounding them in the sitcom. The crux of this episode rev

by mike simpson / 8h 

8-10-14 Living in Dialogue

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Ranking and Sorting: The Sordid History of Standards and Tests

By Anthony Cody When critics such as myself point out the very bad effects the Common Core tests are having, as they label more than two thirds of our children unready for college and career, we are accused of “conflating tests with standards.” UFT president Michael Mulgrew was making this argument on the AFT convention floor, when he threatened to punch in the face anyone who might try to take “h

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Israel Munoz and Hannah Nguyen at EmpowerEd, 2014

The post Israel Munoz and Hannah Nguyen at EmpowerEd, 2014 appeared first on Living in Dialogue.

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Wayne Au: Educating Gates

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8-9-14 Living in Dialogue

Home | Living in Dialogue: The iPad Fiasco: “What do the Terms of Service Say About My Rights?”A high school teacher asks us to consider the techrights and human rights of the underage human subjects of business-imposed edtech experiments and “innovations”, and to reflect on Audrey Watters’ column, Ed-Tech and the Templated Self: Thoughts from the “Reclaim Your Domain” Hackathon. by Mary Porter. 

by mike simpson / 6h