BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO. A
August will mark one-hundred years since the passage of the 19th Amendment. There will be lots of new resources coming online between now and then like today’s NY Times article, My _____ Was a Suffragist. I’ll be adding many to The Best Resources For Learning About Women’s Suffrage .
If we high school teachers weren’t feeling bad enough thinking about what the fall might bring, a new study from UNESCO may make us all feel worse. Ed Week’s article about it, Part of Global Trend, 1 in 3 U.S. High Schoolers Felt Disconnected From School Before Pandemic , provides a good summary, and the textbox at the top of this blog highlights the “lowlight” of it. I think it’s a safe bet that
Q&A Collections: Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . The Impact of Peer Assessment on Academic Performance: A Meta-analysis of Control Group Studies is a new meta-analysis on peer assessment, and it’s not behind a paywall. I’ve shar
diapicard / Pixabay As you may know, I’ve been doing a very popular teacher advice column in Education Week for ten years. It’s set up so readers send in questions to me, and then I invite guests to contribution 300- or 400-word responses, as well as printing shorter reader comments. In addition to directly inviting scores of educators I know to respond to those questions, I always put out an ann
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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 Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts. Not to mention THE MOST POPULAR POSTS F
Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,180 of them categorized here ): THE BEST FUN VIDEOS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN 2020 – PART ONE THE BEST ONLINE LEARNING GAMES – 2020 (PART ONE) THE BEST SCIENCE SITES OF 2020 – PART ONE VISUAL COLLECTIONS OF PROTESTS ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD, POLICE VIOLENCE & RACISM TEACHING RESOURCES ABOUT IF POLICE SHOUL
July 1st is Canada Day : On July 1, 1867, the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act joined three provinces into one country: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which then split into Ontario and
Three candidates named in Kentucky’s education commissioner search
The Kentucky Board of Education on July 1 released the names of three candidates vying to become Kentucky’s next commissioner of education.
The board will meet July 6-7 to conduct second-round interviews with the three candidates in Louisville.
The candidates include:
Jason Glass
Jason Glass, Ed.D. – Glass has been serving as superintendent and chief learner for Jeffco Public Schools in the metro Denver area since 2017. Prior to that, he served as the superintendent of Eagle County Schools in Colorado and as Iowa’s Director of Education, serving as the chief state school officer from 2010-2013. Glass also was previously the senior director of human capital strategy with Battelle for Kids and has held district leadership posts in human resources and research and assessment, worked as vice president of Quality Ratings with Qualistar Early Learning, held several posts with the Colorado Department of Education; and worked as a university instructor while a graduate student at the University of Kentucky, teaching at UK and Georgetown College. He began his teaching career as a high school social studies teacher for Hazard Independent Schools. A native of Brandenburg, KY, he earned his doctorate in education leadership from Seton Hall University, a master’s in political science, a master’s in education and a bachelor’s in political science and history, all from the University of Kentucky.
Julian Vasquez Heilig
Julian Vasquez Heilig, Ph.D. – Vasquez Heilig currently serves as the dean of the College of Education and professor of educational policy studies and evaluation at the University of Kentucky. He has served as professor of educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership at California State University. He has held numerous positions at the University of Texas, including associate professor of educational policy and planning, coordinator of the master’s program in educational policy and planning, vice-chair of the Department of Educational Administration’s Graduate Studies Committee, assistant professor of educational policy and planning, associate and assistant professor of African and African diaspora studies, faculty associate for the Center for Mexican American Studies, and faculty affiliate of the Center for African and African American Studies. Vasquez Heilig also served as associate director of research centers for the University Council for Educational Administration and was co-director of the Texas Center for Collaborative Educational Research and Policy. A native of Michigan, he earned his doctorate of educational administration and policy analysis and a master’s of sociology from Stanford University, as well as a master’s in higher education and a bachelor’s in history and psychology from the University of Michigan.
Felicia Cumings Smith
Felicia Cumings Smith, Ed.D. – Smith currently serves as the assistant superintendent of teaching and learning in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS). She also served as senior program officer for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, director of the National Center on Education and the Economy, executive director of the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development and lecturer at the University of Kentucky, was an associate commissioner and K-12 education program consultant at the Kentucky Department of Education, and began her career as an elementary and reading resource teacher in JCPS. A Kentucky native, Smith earned her Rank I in instructional leadership and school superintendent certification, as well as her doctorate in instruction and administration from the University of Kentucky. She earned her master’s and bachelor’s in elementary education from the University of Louisville.
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and Task Force on Safe Schools Take First Steps to Address Statewide School Police Reform
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today convened a hearing that took a comprehensive look at the role of police officers in schools and the impact that law enforcement presence has on students, learning, and campus safety. The hearing was a three-part panel discussion that examined: different models of school policing, research and data on the impact and consequences of police officers in schools, and a framework for potential policy recommendations for reimagining school safety.
As many school districts re-examine the role and impacts of police on their campuses, Tuesday’s Task Force on Safe Schools hearing was the first step to address these issues on a statewide level and within the context of equity and racial justice.
“These are tough conversations that we have to have,” said Thurmond. “Addressing these challenges head-on will help steer us in the right direction. In looking at these issues, we do have to acknowledge that implicit bias and racism does exist, but doing this work together and keeping our students as the most important focus, will allow us to provide solutions that will not only keep our students safe but will make our school communities stronger. We must take all steps to ensure our students are not criminalized.”
The Task Force on Safe Schools was created in response to the current social climate that is focused on racial justice and putting a spotlight on implicit bias and institutional racism.
During Tuesday’s hearing, participants heard reports from State Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond and researchers from WestEd and the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. Together, they provided an in-depth overview of data that indicates schools with police are not measurably safer than those without. Additionally, the research review indicated that schools with police had a disproportionate number of students of color arrested and removed from campuses.
The meeting also included viewpoints from law enforcement organizations including the National Association of School Resource Officers, the Richmond Police Department and the San Diego Unified School District Police Department, who shared personal stories about the positive relationships school officers have cultivated with the students they serve.
Prior to the hearing the State Superintendent provided a framework for policy recommendations including: establishing immediate best practices and requirements for school police; promoting and funding alternative programs such as restorative justice and intervention programs; and creating more data collection, monitoring, and accountability.
“This framework is not one-size-fits-all,” said Thurmond. “More research needs to be done so we can be clear regarding what the best alternatives are to current school police programs. The reality is that districts may elect to keep police officers on campuses, but there needs to be better training for officers and school staff in restorative justice practices. School police officers should not be viewed as or put in the position to be the school disciplinarian.”
At the conclusion of the hearing State Superintendent Thurmond outlined next steps, including future conversations in the coming weeks with state legislators on exploring funding for resources to implement restorative justice practices and training in areas such as de-escalation techniques and crisis management. Thurmond also announced the formation of a committee comprised of task force research partners and police organizations to review data and trends.
The lawmakers who participated in the hearing were:
Senator Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley)
Senator Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco)
Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland)
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella)
Assemblymember Monique Limon (D-Santa Barbara)
Assemblymember Reggie Jones Sawyer (D-South Los Angeles/Huntington Park)
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento)
Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego)
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Tony Thurmond — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Communications Division, Room 5602, 916-319-0818, Fax 916-319-0100
A Hybrid (Remote + Live Instruction) Model that Works
A teacher described her niece and nephew’s school. A and B weeks. (not high school). Everyone knew the schedule, followed it. Worked. Everyone wore masks. And kids had the option of staying remote, but they did not, and they will go back live in September.
BS fantasy?
No.
NYC?
No. NYC probably cannot successfully do blended learning. Oh, we are still working on it. But most schools are waiting and seeing. The only progress I’ve heard of so far involves keeping over 50% of classes fully remote, or keeping over 50% of students fully remote (and everything’s worse in high schools). We will find something, and it will be too expensive. Or too limited. And despite demands from politicians, A/B weeks for everyone? I don’t think so.
Not NYC. Read more:
I have family in Germany. today is their last day…they feel comfortable with everything that has been put in place.. One week in building and the next virtual. No parents allowed inside. Teachers and students wear mask, they have been very good at social distancing and washing hands. There is 10 children in the room plus the CONTINUE READING: A Hybrid (Remote + Live Instruction) Model that Works | JD2718
Jason Glass
Julian Vasquez Heilig
Felicia Cumings Smith
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