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):

SCHOLARS APPROPRIATELY RIP RESEARCH SAYING GRADE RETENTION GOOD FOR ELLS

“THE POWER OF ANGER”

“AUTHOR INTERVIEW: SONIA NIETO & ALICIA LOPEZ ON ‘TEACHING, A LIFE’S WORK’”

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS & TEACHER SHOW PERFECT EXAMPLE OF RACIAL BIAS & INCOMPETENT CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

VIDEO: “KITBULL” IS A NEW PIXAR SHORT THAT ELLS – & EVERYBODY ELSE – WILL ENJOY

GROWTH MINDSET IN ACTION

EXCELLENT RESOURCE ON THE HOLOCAUST

‘START CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FROM A PLACE OF LOVE, NOT A PLACE OF POWER’

“RISE-UP!” IS A CURRICULUM BASED ON THE HAMILTON MUSICAL

PRESIDENT TRUMP, IT IS NOT OKAY TO JOKE ABOUT THE MASS MURDER OF NATIVE AMERICANS

GUEST POST: TEACHING THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE TO ELLS

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON GETTING YOUR FIRST TEACHING JOB

OUR THREE VIDEO SERIES ON DIFFERENTIATION, INCLUDING TWO NEW ONES!

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING “FRESH STARTS” FOR OUR STUDENTS

STEPHEN CURRY WRITES GREAT ARTICLE ON PERSEVERANCE

IT’S THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS

NEW STUDENT GOAL SHEET I’M USING

WASH. POST REPUBLISHES GUEST POST FROM HERE ON TOM BRADY & TEACHING

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “IF THEY READ BOOKS ABOUT LATINO KIDS, THEY WOULDN’T BE CALLING FOR WALLS”

USEFUL RESPONSES TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TWEET QUESTIONING GLOBAL WARMING

RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP “KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS” FOR TOK CLASSES

MUST-READ ARTICLE ON ACTIVE LEARNING, PLUS A GREAT COLLECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

GUEST POST: WHAT DOES TOM BRADY HAVE IN COMMON WITH A GREAT TEACHER?

STUDY FINDS WHITE TEACHERS TEND TO RESPOND TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS MORE NEGATIVELY…

SHOCKING – STUDY FINDS TEACHERS MORE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NEW INITIATIVE IF THEY HELP PLAN IT

EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF “THINKING ROUTINES” FROM PROJECT ZERO