This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Former professional wrestling executive and billionaire Linda McMahon is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, an agency Trump has pledged to dismantle. McMahon would come to the post with sparse education experience. She led the Small…
prettysleepy1 / Pixabay I’ve previously posted about how I have my ELL students play online video games (particularly in the “Escape The Room” genre) by using “walkthroughs” (text instructions on the steps needed to win the game). You can find information about it, along with walkthroughs created by my peer tutors when their students…
Another day, another end-of-year “Best” list. Now, it’s time for research studies. You can see all previous editions of this list, as well as all my ed research related “best” lists, here. Here are my choices for the past six months: New Study Shows Positive Impact Of Retrieval Practice, But Highlights Something Even More Important:…
As regular readers know, I’ve been doing the Classroom Q&A column over at Education Week for thirteen years. And I plan to continue doing it for quite a few more years. I have so many contributors now, though, that there really isn’t space there for my annual thematic compilation posts, where I collect links…
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In an 8-7 decision, the Texas State Board of Education indicated preliminary support for Bluebonnet Learning, a state-authored elementary school curriculum that has drawn scrutiny for its prominent inclusion of biblical teachings. The board is set to vote officially on the matter this Friday. On Tuesday, eight of the 15 board members expressed their preliminary…
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