(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2009. You can see them all here) GDJ / Pixabay You may have heard about the bill that was just introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state, into the U.S. Congress that would provide $2.35 billion in…
Favorite Lessons From Teachers for English-Learner Newcomers is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Marry academic content with language development for the best results in teaching English learners who are new to the United States. Here are some excerpts: Favorite Lessons From Teachers for English-Learner Newcomers is the headline of one…
geralt / Pixabay At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM. Here are the latest: Imggen is a new free text-to-image generator. I’m adding it to THE BEST…
ALBANY, Ore. – It’s 7:15 on a cold gray Monday morning in May at Linn-Benton Community College in northwestern Oregon. Math professor Michael Lopez, in a hoodie and jeans, a tape measure on his belt, paces in front of the 14 students in his “math for welders” class. “I’m your OSHA inspector,” he says. “Three…
The nature and extent of content in faculty-wide teaching and resources for participant-based undergraduate dissertations. Dissertations and their supervision may rightly be very individual. In higher education, whenever standardization as a marker for quality conflicts with fitness for purpose, the latter should ideally prevail. The value of striking a balance between freedom and structure in…
Growing up in an immigrant family, I was painfully aware of the sacrifices my parents made for me to be educated in the United States. Their love and support were boundless, embodied by their long hours of work and their emphasis on education from an early age. One day, I remember taking it upon myself…
If you are looking for decision-making activities for employees to use in training and workshops, here are 12 activities that you can use. The post 12 Decision-Making Activities for Employees appeared first on Symonds Research. If you are looking for decision-making activities for employees to use in training and workshops, here are 12 activities that…
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): I’m adding this tweet to THE BEST ARTICLES FOR HELPING TO UNDERSTAND BOTH WHY TEACHER TENURE IS IMPORTANT & THE REASONS BEHIND SENIORITY-BASED LAYOFFS: Also, if…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2009. You can see them all here) qimono / Pixabay I was re-reading an article that Malcolm Gladwell wrote a couple of years ago titled Open Secrets, which has some intriguing pieces in it about the differences between a “puzzle”…
Reading Time: 2 minutes How do we reduce the marking burden for teachers? Last week, I presented a keynote on my new book/research for the first time, sharing some key ideas with teachers and school leaders in the room. Written Feedback Marking remains the number one workload burden, so how do we make it better…