As usual, I’m kicking-off my mid-year “Best” lists with my choices for the best posts from this blog so far.  It also includes my choices from the last two months of 2023, since I published my 2023 favorite list a bit before the end of that year.

There are many more “Best” lists to come over the next two months.

You can see my picks for the best over the past seventeen years here, and you can see all my previous annual “Best” lists here.

I’ll start off by sharing the ones I’m adding to MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE POSTS:

ONES BEING ADDED TO THE ALL-TIME BEST LIST:

HERE ARE WHAT I THINK ARE SEVEN ELEMENTS YOU CAN FIND IN A GREAT SCHOOL – WHERE AM I WRONG OR WHAT AM I MISSING?

A GUIDE FOR WRITING ARTICLES AND/OR BOOKS ABOUT EDUCATION

I KNOW I’M BIASED, BUT HERE’S WHAT I THINK IS THE BEST RESOURCE ANYWHERE FOR TEACHERS

HERE’S WHAT A TYPICAL DAY & WEEK OF MY ELL NEWCOMERS CLASS LOOKS LIKE

THERE ARE TONS OF RESOURCES ON THIS BLOG TO HELP EDUCATORS TEACH ELLS – THIS POST IS A GOOD PLACE TO START

If “Inquiry” Or “Direct Instruction” Is The Question, Then I Think “Inductive Learning” Is The Answer

SOME OF THE BEST RESOURCES ON SUPPORTING & VALUING STUDENTS’ IDENTITIES

THE BEST – & QUICKEST – WAYS TO ‘CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING’

THE STUDENT SURVEYS & SELF-ASSESSMENTS THAT I – AND I BELIEVE THEY – HAVE FOUND MOST HELPFUL

 

NON-BEST LIST POSTS

THE – BY FAR – MOST IMPORTANT ACTION I TAKE TO DEPOLARIZE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES

EXCELLENT RESEARCH BRIEF ON WHAT EFFECTIVE HIGH SCHOOLS SHOULD LOOK LIKE

I THINK QUIZIZZ INTERACTIVE VIDEOS WITH AI-GENERATED QUESTIONS MAY BECOME UBIQUITOUS IN CLASSROOMS – FOR NOW

NEW STUDY THAT LEARNING-BY-TEACHING DEVELOPS HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, I HAVE JOINED TIKTOK

NEW RESEARCH EMPHASIZES ROLE OF REFLECTION IN LEARNING

NEW STUDY REAFFIRMS WHAT MOST TEACHERS KNOW – STUDENT TEST SCORES DON’T PROVIDE ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOLS

INTERESTING NEW STUDY COMPARES AI & HUMAN FEEDBACK TO STUDENT WRITING, BUT MISSES TWO CRITICAL POINTS

NEW STUDY CONFIRMS WHAT MOST OF US KNOW ALREADY – ALL STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING BLACK TEACHERS

48 CHAPTERS DOWN, 13 MORE TO GO FOR THE SECOND EDITION OF THE ELL TEACHER’S TOOLBOX

VIDEO: “TRANSLATORS” IS A MUST-WATCH FILM ABOUT CHILDREN TRANSLATING FOR THEIR PARENTS

ED WEEK PUBLISHES OUR “AI DO’S AND DON’TS” FOR TEACHERS” DOWNLOADABLE POSTER

NEW STUDIES SUGGEST THAT CELLPHONES MAKE STUDENTS LEARN LESS & MAKE THEM FEEL WORSE MENTALLY. IS THAT TRUE &, IF SO, WHAT DO WE DO?

MIGHT THE PISA RESULTS FINALLY STOP THE COMPLAINING ABOUT PHYSICAL SCHOOL CLOSURES?

NEW STUDY RAISES IMPORTANT POINT – HOW HELPFUL IS ED RESEARCH?

WOW! FIFTY OF MY OLDER NY TIMES LEARNING NETWORK INTERACTIVES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE WORKING AGAIN!

JUST ABOUT EVERY ED RESEARCHER SEEMS TO MISS A KEY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT READING STRATEGIES THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY TEACHER KNOWS

I’VE NEVER USED MICROSOFT READING COACH, BUT NOW THAT THEY’VE MADE IT FREE & ADDED AI, I’LL PROBABLY GIVE IT A TRY

OUR NEW ANIMATED VIDEO: “AI HAS DOWNSIDES. HOW TEACHERS CAN MANAGE THEM”

THREE CHALLENGES I’M FACING IN MY ELL NEWCOMERS CLASS & HOW I’M RESPONDING TO THEM

STUDENT EXAMPLES OF “EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE I’M FIVE” PROJECTS

MY FOUR “GO-TO” TEACHER TIPS

I CREATED ANOTHER CHATBOT FOR ELL TEACHERS & IT SEEMS TO BE RELATIVELY DECENT?

RESEARCH REDUX: THE PRESENCE OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS HELPS EVERYBODY

I’M TRYING OUT WHAT IS PROBABLY MY TENTH (AT LEAST!) DIFFERENT ATTEMPT AT A STUDENT GOAL-SETTING STRATEGY – WISH US LUCK!

MY GIFT (OR, REALLY, MY PEER TUTORS’ GIFT) TO ELL TEACHERS

HOW I’M ADDING A TWIST TO THE SENTENCE EXPANSION STRATEGY IN MY ELL NEWCOMERS CLASS

WHAT I THINK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL DO – & WHAT IT WON’T DO – IN K-12 EDUCATION

NINE NEW TEACHING MOVES THAT HAVE GONE WELL FOR STUDENTS & ME THIS YEAR – SO FAR

FEDS FIND IN NEW REPORT THAT MOST OF THEIR FUNDED “INNOVATIONS” DIDN’T WORK – PERHAPS ITS TIME TO FUND TEACHER INITIATIVES?

FOUR LESSONS FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THAT HAVE SERVED MY STUDENTS & ME WELL OVER THE YEARS

THIS PAPER ABOUT WHAT MAKES SOMETHING INTERESTING IS…VERY INTERESTING!

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE TODAY, BUT THE “INTERACTIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE, ACTIVE, PASSIVE (ICAP) THEORY OF STUDENT COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT” COULD BE USEFUL

VIDEO: THIS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SKETCH WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVER & USABLE IN CLASSES

 

“BEST” LISTS

EVEN MORE BEST (& FREE) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SITES FOR THE CLASSROOM – 2023

MY 9 EDUCATION PREDICTIONS FOR 2024

THE “BEST” RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SENTENCE STRUCTURE

THE “BEST” TOOLS FOR TEACHERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN AI CHATBOTS

A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE COLLEGE STUDENTS’ GAZA PROTESTS