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July’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,475 Of Them!
Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,475 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS). Here are the lists from this month: THE BEST RESOURCES TO HELP…
“Strategies for Teaching the 2024 Election (Hold on to Your Hat)”
Strategies for Teaching the 2024 Election (Hold on to Your Hat) is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Even before entering into the content, craft agreements with students on the boundaries of what’s up—and what’s not up—for debate. Here are some excerpts: Strategies for Teaching the 2024 Election (Hold on to…
SEL Weekly Update
I’ve begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists. You might also be interested in THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2021 – PART ONE. Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources. Here…
OPINION: The real work of equity and inclusion is difficult, messy and absolutely necessary
Leaders have been lied to for decades about DEIA. We’ve been told there is a clean, clear way to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism into an organization and that simply making a statement, changing hiring demographics by a percentage point or investing in training is enough. All of those things are positive; all are…
Teaching through Translation, Part 1
Teaching through translation can bring many rich benefits to students but presents many challenges. This and a short article are an adaptation of material I present on from the text, Teaching across Cultures (Shaw, 2021, used with permission), which provides guidelines and advice to instructors for maximizing clarity of communication and quality of student learning…
21 Fun Employee Engagement Activities and Ideas for the Workplace
If you are a manager or HR department looking to engage your employees, here are some fun and inexpensive employee engagement activities you can implement. The post 21 Fun Employee Engagement Activities and Ideas for the Workplace appeared first on Symonds Research. If you are a manager or HR department looking to engage your employees,…
“Teacher Tips for Better Reading Instruction”
Teacher Tips for Better Reading Instruction is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. Amid the reading wars, educators, researchers, and policymakers have been at odds over how to teach reading. Here is some tempered advice. Here’s an excerpt: Teacher Tips for Better Reading Instruction is the headline of one of my…
Google Olympics Ad Touting AI Is Exact Opposite Of How We Should Teach Our Students To Use It
geralt / Pixabay Millions of people have seen Google’s Gemini ad that has run during the Olympics (if you haven’t seen it, I’ve embedded it below). In it, a parent asks AI to write a letter for his little girl to her track idol. I think this is a terrible way to use AI! …
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 be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here): Four years after covid, many students still losing ground is from The Washington Post. “The goal is to end public education. But dismantling our public schools…