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Monday, November 16, 2020

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

A VERY BUSY DAY
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
The latest news and resources in education since 2007


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/11/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_14.html


“22 Strategies for Encouraging Students’ Intrinsic Motivation to Read”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h
22 Strategies for Encouraging Students’ Intrinsic Motivation to Read is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share strategies for encouraging students to WANT to read, including by illustrating that it makes them smarter and that it makes them better writers. Here are some excerpts:
Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
(Note: I am going to publish this same post once each month to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists) As regular readers know, I have about 2,200 categorized and regularly updated “Best” lists. You can find all of them in broad categories here . The link to that page can also be found at the top right of my blog: My Best Of Series I also have them all on
A Look Back: Video: Watch…Me Get Interviewed On CNN About School Reopening In The Fall
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
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 . I’m starting with posts from earlier this year. (Giselle Lundy-Ponce from the AFT was kind enough to send me some screenshots, so I replaced the original image on this post with one) CNN’s Brooke Baldwin interviewed me live on CNN toda
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART TWO ): Lucy Calkins Says Balanced Literacy Needs ‘Rebalancing’ is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars” Prop 15 failed here in California, which was ve
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
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
Useful Teaching Video: “U.S. Presidential Election Results (1789-2020)”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
AnnaliseArt / Pixabay I’m adding this new video to: THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The Best Sites To Learn About U.S. Presidents
My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On “Using Education Data: What Works, What Doesn’t”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
Using Education Data: What Works, What Doesn’t is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio show. I’m joined by Cindy Garcia, Lauren Nifong and Deedy Camarena, who have all contributed written commentaries to my Education Week Teacher column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Show
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Sunday, November 15, 2020

CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Counting Is Hard Edition (11/15)

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Counting Is Hard Edition (11/15)




Counting Is Hard Edition

Who knew that math would be such a big deal, or that counting would have such deep political issues? Just let me know when he's gone, or at least moved on to his next big grift. In the meantime, lots to read about this week. Remember, the stuff you like you should share. 

What Happens When Ed Tech Forgets   

Audrey Watters has some thoughts about how we keep putting failed ed tech enterprises in the memory hole and letting the architects of these failures carry on with freshly scrubbed reputations. Also, Proctorio sucks.

Merchants of Doubt

Bruce Baker guests to talk about how conservative thinky tank the Hoover Institution helped spread the idea that investing in public education was pointless and fruitless.

Axios Deep Dive on Race and Education in America  

A batch of articles working through different aspects of the topic, with a good side of data. You're probably not going to buy all of this, but there are some good places to start talking here.

These Stanford students are racing to get laptops to kids  

A pair of Stanford students have launched a small business is getting refurbished laptops to students in need. It's a small story, but an encouraging one.

Houston-area high school requiring failing students to return to in-person education   

So here's one more variation on pandemic schooling. Not sure how I feel about this one. 

Why the 1776 Commission is a bad idea   

Diane Ravitch is at The Hill explaining why this Trumpian idea is a bad one. Yes,. I know this version of it is likely dead now, but let's just drive a stake through it to be sure, okay.

Top Biden aid talks to EWA about education stuff  

I've referenced this piece elsewhere, but you may want to read the whole account of what top aid Stef Feldman had to say about the full range of ed policy topics. Currently it's the most direct statement we have about what Biden has in mind.

The truth about returning to school? There's no easy answer.

Many's the time I've objected to what Morgan Polikoff had to say, but his summation of the l;ousy place we're stuck in right now is as good as any I've read. At Hechinger Report.

Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.  

This interview with sociologist Jessica Calarco in Culture Study is pretty powerful stuff. And her suggestion about thinking sociologically is needed at the moment when so many teachers are beating themselves up for not being able to handle the pandemess perfectly.

Teacher Demoralization Isn't the Same as Teacher Burnout   

At EdWeek, Doris Santoro, who wrote a book about this stuff, explains how the current pandemess is keeping teachers from "reaping the moral rewards" they are used to getting from the work. And more. Another useful "Oh, this is what I'm feeling" article.

Teachers forced to MacGyver their own tech solutions

At Hechinger Report, in  an article that will surprise roughly zero teachers, a look at how teachers are having to bridge the tech gaps themselves. 


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There's Only One Reason Districts Should Be Doing Teacher Evaluations This Year
44by Peter Greene / 20h
Word keeps popping up on line from here and there that some schools are going ahead with teacher evaluations this year, even this fall. Which is nuts. Teachers are reeling, scrambling, doing their damnedest to stay upright on constantly shifting ground, trying to maintain some semblance of education in the midst of chaos and uncertainty that is marked by a widespread lack of leadership and direct
Charter Fans Dislike This Part of Biden's Plan
by Peter Greene / 2d
The charter advocacy Twitterverse is unhappy about this part of the Biden plan, as described here by Biden staffer Stef Feldman talking to the Education Writers Association : And we’ll require every charter school, including online schools, to be authorized and held accountable by democratically-elected bodies like school boards and also held to the same standards of transparency and accountabili
Schooling For Democracy (Or What Is Education For)
by Peter Greene / 2d
I just read a piece that doesn't necessarily say anything new, but puts it all in a useful frame. Let me show you the first paragraph: There’s no such thing as a “good school” in the abstract. Every school serves a particular community, in a particular time and place, with its own needs and desires. A good school in rural Montana might not be a good school in Midtown Manhattan, just as a good sch
Anti-Union Activists Want To "Speak Out For Teachers"
300+by Peter Greene / 3d
Among the folks pushing the narrative that schools are shut down because of the Evil Teachers Unions, we find this sparkly website-- Speak Out For Teachers . Here's their pitch: Are you one of the millions of teachers eager to return to safe, in-person learning — only to find a teachers’ union is fighting to keep schools closed and students at home? Share your story below. It might even air on na
Let The Disappointment With Biden's Ed Department Begin
74by Peter Greene / 4d
Well, that didn't take long. Back in October, top Biden aid Stef Feldman spoke to Education Writers Association members about ed policy. It was... not encouraging. She didn't make a "firm commitment" about state testing waivers, an odd stance for someone who promised to put an end to high stakes testing. She stood by the "former public school educator" promise, but as many of us have noted, depen
Donors Choose Mondays At The Institute
by Peter Greene / 5d
It sucks that Donors Choose exists. For those unfamiliar, it's basically a Go Fund Me for classrooms instead of medical problems. Like all such charities, it occasionally pops up in the news because some celebrity and/or business decides to sponsor a bunch of projects ( like that time with Katy Perry and Staples ) and we get a bunch of warm fuzzy stories and I just hate that stuff, because we sho
ICYMI: That Was A Week All Righty Edition (11/8)
by Peter Greene / 7d
Has it only been a week since we got together here? Seems like that was in a whole different world, and I have a feeling that we have a few more to go through before we're done. But as soon as the last echoes of Beloved Leader's 1,732 lawsuits dies down, maybe we can get back to doing some important stuff and not dying and--well, won't it just be nice not to have to have him barging into our cons
Betsy DeVos Will Be Leaving. Prepare To Curb Your Enthusiasm.
10Kby Peter Greene / 7d
It has been a few hours since the race was finally called, and now, once we get past a few hundred petulant lawsuits, the Trump Train will be leaving DC (undoubtedly kicking over every table it can find on the way out). That means that Betsy DeVos will be leaving the department of education, and that is 
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