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Sept. 30th Is International Translation Day – Here Are Related Resources

Sep 28, 2023

It’s International Translation Day on Sept. 30th! This is from the United Nations official...

My Best Posts That Appeared In September

Sep 28, 2023

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not...

World Teachers Day Is Coming Up – Here Are A Ton Of Related Resources

Sep 28, 2023

World Teachers Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994 – when it was created by UNESCO...

Banned Books Week Is Oct. 1st-7th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

It’s Banned Books Week You might be interested in The Best Resources For...

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from...

“Mistakes Happen in Culturally Responsive Teaching. Here’s How to Fix Them”

Mistakes Happen in Culturally Responsive Teaching. Here’s How to Fix Them is the headline of my...

The Value Of Closed Captions For All Learners

I, like just about every teacher of English Language Learners, have long encouraged my...

September’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,413 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all...

This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom

At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight...

Ed Tech Digest

Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want...

The “Little Rock Nine” Entered School On This Day In 1957 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

Today is an important day to remember. You might be interested in The Best Resources For...

My Books

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Social Studies.

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of English.

Creative instructional techniques to help middle- and high-school teachers develop self-motivated and high-achieving students.

Includes real-life examples of parental involvement initiatives: home visits, the use of technology and more!

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Math.

Designed to help teachers implement the Common Core in the ELL Classroom. Sequel to ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide.

Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels.

Insightful research and strategies for helping students want to care more about school and learning with high interest lesson plans.

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Science.

Tips for helping students to motivate themselves. Includes steps and lesson plans to help students motivate themselves.

Q&A-style responses to a variety of pressing classroom-management and student-engagement questions.

Provides over 50 original lessons for English Language Learners with a five-step process to increase student achievement.

My Other work

My blog to support and follow-up my Engaging parents in school book.

My Bam Radio show.

My posts for Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo at Education Week Teacher.

My Teaching English British Council posts.

50 teaching practices divided into four main sections: autonomy, competency, relatedness, and relevance.

My education posts on the Learning Network for the New York Times.