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My Latest Posts

Who Should Teachers Take Seriously When They Give Advice About Classroom Instruction?

Sep 17, 2019

This is a question I’ve been thinking about for awhile, and I’m eager to hear answers...

“Q&A Collections: Professional Development”

Sep 16, 2019

Q&A Collections: Professional Development is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher...

Here’s The Advice I Gave Our Advanced ELL Teachers On How To Prepare Students For Writing Assessments – What Can You Add?

Sep 16, 2019

We do a school-wide writing assessment each fall, which students then take again in the spring...

New Study Finds That Teachers Can Provide Positive Experiences To At Least Partially Counteract Student Trauma

A new study finds that adverse childhood experiences (called ACEs) experienced by children can a...

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Students Writing For An “Authentic Audience”

My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show is on How Can Students Write for ‘Authentic’ Audiences? and...

“Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write”

Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write is the headline...

‘We All Have Implicit Biases’

‘We All Have Implicit Biases’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher...

Here’s The Article & Prompt That Students Used For An Essay On Cellphone Use – Plus Some Of Their Responses

Student cellphone use in class is definitely a problem. However, I consider it more of an...

Today Is The Anniversary Of The Birmingham Church Bombing – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

Fifty-six years ago today four African-American girls were killed when their church was bombed...

Create Art In A Unique Way With “Artbreeder”

Artbreeder lets you create art – for free – that you can then use anyway you want....

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be...

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.

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

My Flipboard Magazine.