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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.

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):

This Has Got To Be THE Most Humiliating Way To “Train” A Teacher You’ll Hear About…

Businesses Dumping Employee Ranking Systems – Just As Schools Are Adopting Them For Teachers

You Can Now Watch 550,000 (Yes, That’s Right, 550,000!) Historical Videos Newly Uploaded To YouTube

“Q & A Collections: Student Motivation”

Giving Doctors (or teachers) Grades

Graphic Organizers Supporting The Common Core – Help Me Find More

“Out Of Eden Learn” Looks Like An Incredibly Creative & Engaging Resource

Create & Submit Your Own (Open)TED Talk

“Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between The World & Me’”

Disappointing Piece On Teacher Evaluation From Nate Silver’s “FiveThirtyEight”

“The Laziness Dogma” & The Manipulation Of Social Emotional Learning

Amazing Video: “Our Solar System Visualized”

Learn About Music From Around The World With “World Music Composer”

Video: “Animated map shows how religion spread around the world”

“‘School Culture Rewired’: An Interview With Steve Gruenert & Todd Whitaker”

Does This Big New Study On The Importance Of Social Skills Become A New “Marshmallow Test”?

Two Nice Reviews Of My Latest Book On Student Motivation

New Study Says Being Bilingual Equal More “Gray Matter”

“Q & A Collections: Classroom Management Advice”

CNN Video “Can Grit Be Taught?” Shows Its Seductive Attraction & Lurking Danger (If You Look For It)

“‘The Reading Strategies Book’: An Interview With Jennifer Serravallo”

Wow! CA State Exit Exam Bill Could Eliminate Test Requirement – Retroactive To 2006

This Year’s Most Popular Posts From My Education Week Teacher Column!

New Study Shows Goal-Setting – With Some Twists – Can Have Big Impact On Student Achievement

Excellent Slideshow & Post On Growth Mindset

“‘Culturally Responsive Teaching’: An Interview With Zaretta Hammond”

Harvard Business Review Has Eliminated Paywall For Summer – Lots Of Useful Articles For Educators

“New Teacher Advice – ‘Hold On To Your Optimism & Idealism’”

“SuperTeacherTools” Looks Like A Great Site For Creating Online Learning Games

“They Say, I Say” Is A Great Writing Resource

Hilarious Short Video For English Language Learners (& Everybody Else)

“Actively Learn” Looks Like A New Tool My Students Will Be Using A Lot

Brand New “Declaration Project” Collects All The World’s Independence Declarations

“Advice To New Teachers From Veterans”

Guest Post: Growth Mindset Memes

A Grammar Map Of The United States

“Focusing ‘More On What Goes Right Than On What Goes Wrong’”