I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here).

You can also see my all-time favorites here. I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorites, too.  Check out A Look Back: 2018’s Best Posts From This Blog – Part Two.

Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):

ASSESSMENT REPORT ON USING VISUALIZATION WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

MUST-HAVE INTERACTIVE FOR EVERY GEOGRAPHY TEACHER

TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, DEVOS MAKES BAD DECISION TO RESCIND DISCIPLINE GUIDANCE

“CLASSROOMS DON’T NEED ‘PINTEREST-Y LOOKING WALLS’”

WOW, TED-ED HAS HIT A GRAND SLAM WITH THEIR VIDEO POETRY SERIES

STUDENT-WRITTEN GROWTH MINDSET STORIES

A NEW STRATEGY I’M USING TO PROMOTE RETRIEVAL PRACTICE IN CLASS (STUDENT HAND-OUT INCLUDED)

“AUTHORITATIVE” SCHOOL CLIMATE CONNECTED TO REDUCTION IN STUDENT SUSPENSIONS

I LOVE THE ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT’S “THIS DAY IN HISTORY” FEATURE!

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED TO BE “DATA-INFORMED” & NOT “DATA-DRIVEN”

FIND THE EXPECTED LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR EVERY CENSUS TRACT IN THE UNITED STATES

“‘THE BEST PLACE TO START’ WHEN TEACHING ELLS ‘IS BY GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS’”

ANOTHER STUDY FINDS ELICITING EXPLANATIONS FROM STUDENTS IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN TELLING THEM

STRATEGIES I USE TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO DO ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC WORK OUTSIDE OF CLASS

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA – DISPLAYED VISUALLY

STUDY FINDS THAT READING INSTRUCTION MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN PAIRED WITH MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES

WASH. POST PUBLISHES MY ANNUAL LIST OF BEST & WORST EDUCATION NEWS

VIDEO: “YOUR BRAIN ON BOOKS”

‘NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS CREATED EQUAL’

AN OUTLINE FOR HOW STUDENTS CAN LEARN TO WRITE ESSAYS INDUCTIVELY

GUEST POST: WHAT DO BRAIN BREAKS AND ENERGIZERS LOOK LIKE IN THE LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASSROOM? (PART TWO)

“SCREENPLAY” LETS YOU EDIT VIDEOS JUST BY EDITING THEIR TRANSCRIPTS

YUP, WHEN A SCHOOL SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY ISN’T…

INTERESTING STUDY SUGGESTS THAT KEEPING CLASSMATES TOGETHER MAY REDUCE ABSENTEEISM

NEW META-ANALYSIS FINDS THAT READING FICTION IMPROVES OUR “SOCIAL ABILITY”