My Best Posts That Appeared In February
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not...
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The latest news and resources in education since 2007
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My Latest Posts
“Mission US” Launches Several New Online Historical Simulations
Mission US has many free online historical simulations for teachers and students, with a...
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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...
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Quote Of The Day: Be A “Dishabituation entrepreneur”
Why People Fail to Notice Horrors Around Them is an important column in today’s NY...
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“How to Turn Students Into Writers. 4 Teachers Share How They Do It”
How to Turn Students Into Writers. 4 Teachers Share How They Do It is the headline of one of my...
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Best Posts Of The Week
This series used to be called “The Most Popular Posts Of The Week.” However,...
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A Look Back: What Happens When We Approach “Complex” Problems With A “Complicated” Mindset? Nothing Good
(I’m republishing my favorite posts from the second half of 2023. You can see them all here)...
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Quote of the Day: “Supercommunicators” Ask More Questions
This was an interesting interview with Charles Duhigg about his new book. You might also...
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“Strategies for Dealing With Cellphones in the Classroom”
Strategies for Dealing With Cellphones in the Classroom is the headline of my one of my latest...
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The Best Resources For Helping Students With “Test Anxiety”
Though I’m sure I’ve had students in the past who have experienced test...
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Pins Of The Week
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 25,000 resources there that...
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Russia Invaded Ukraine Two Years Ago Today – Here Are MANY Teaching Resources About The War
I have been accumulating many teaching and learning resources about the war over the past...
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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.