Twice each year, I post my favorite posts that appeared in during the previous six months. This post is for my favorites from the first half of 2021 (and from December, 2020).

You can see my choices for each of the past thirteen years here, including 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG!

And you can also see a list of my My All-Time Favorite Posts!

Here are my choices:

 

NON-BEST LISTS:

THIRTEEN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES & WEB TOOLS TO SUPPORT ELLS IN DISTANCE LEARNING

SCHOOLS COULD DO FAR WORSE THAN MAKING THIS NEW RESEARCH PAPER A FOCUS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MONTHS TO COME

I THINK THIS QUOTE DESCRIBES THE ESSENCE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING

HERE ARE SIX LESSON PLANS ABOUT AMANDA GORMAN’S INAUGURATION POEM- SHARE OTHERS

I THINK THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA FOR AN OPENING CLASS RITUAL – HERE’S HOW I’M MODIFYING IT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING

FIVE KEY LESSONS I’VE LEARNED ABOUT DISTANCE LEARNING THIS SEMESTER

I DID THIS SIMPLE THING TO TRY & HELP MY COLLEAGUES’ MORALE & YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WANT TO TRY IT, TOO

WASH. POST PUBLISHES MY COLUMN: “WHAT’S MISSING FROM CALLS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL TO STEM ‘LEARNING LOSS’”

TRYING TO BRING RESEARCH, SANITY, TEACHER EXPERTISE & STUDENT VOICE TO THE “LEARNING LOSS” DISCUSSION

NEW STUDY FINDS THAT THE PRESENCE OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS HELPS EVERYBODY, BUT TOTALLY MISSES OBVIOUS REASON

IS THERE ANY TEACHER WHO WOULD NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN “THE IMAGINING SEPTEMBER PROJECT”?

TWO IMPORTANT ARTICLES THAT WE WHITE TEACHERS COULD BENEFIT A LOT FROM READING

“THIRTEEN THINGS THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN SCHOOLS NOW — BUT MOST PROBABLY WON’T”

QUOTE OF THE DAY ON THE TRAUMA AFFECTING “BLACK BOYS”

VIDEO: I THINK EVERY EDUCATOR COULD BENEFIT FROM WATCHING THIS SHORT STACEY ABRAMS ADDRESS ON TEACHERS

 

“BEST” LISTS:

TERRIBLE STATISTIC OF THE DAY: 3,800 “HATE INCIDENTS” AGAINST ASIANS DURING PANDEMIC

CLASSROOM LESSON IDEAS TO DISCUSS THE CHAUVIN VERDICT – PLEASE SUGGEST MORE

A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CONCURRENT/HYBRID TEACHING

A BEGINNING LIST OF RESOURCES ON SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AS WE MAKE BABY STEPS TOWARDS RETURNING TO A POST-PANDEMIC CLASSROOM

THE BEST RESOURCES FOR THINKING ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR