Key points: Few parents say their child’s school implements science of reading strategies How to combat misuse of AI in student writing Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub More than eight in 10 (86 percent) parents say it is very (55 percent) or…
In many middle and high schools, students spend hundreds of hours a year on English language arts (ELA) assignments that don’t ask enough of them. Too many students are working on below-grade-level tasks using below-grade-level texts. That approach, while well-intentioned, is not closing gaps or preparing students for life after high school. Is it any…
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A new Gallup poll does not paint a very rosy picture of how our students are feeling about school these days. You can access the full report here (though you have to give them your email to get it). Both Ed Week and NPR have good summaries of it. NPR also just ran a…
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…
Guide to downloading Building resilience PowerPoint (PPT) slides. These are useful if you are for providing training and teaching on how to build resilience skills in the workplace. The PPT slides and materials are fully editable and suitable for teaching both managers and employees at every level. The post How to Find Building Resilience PowerPoint…
I really liked this tagline from Brainpop’s latest email announcement. It actually brought me down memory lane to my community organizing days (I was an organizer for nineteen year’s prior to becoming a high school teacher). The late, great Ed Chambers, who was the executive director of the organization I worked for, the Industrial…
Pexels / Pixabay I’ve written thousands of blog posts over the years at this blog and other blogs, including over at Ed Week. I have also written a few hundred articles for various publications. You can see my choices for the The Seventeen Best Articles I’ve Written About Education, and you can find links…
geralt / Pixabay The United Nations has declared September 8th to be International Literacy Day. You might be interested in The Best Resources For International Literacy Day. The United Nations has declared September 8th to be International Literacy Day. You might be interested in The Best Resources For International Literacy Day. anniversaries Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites…
What Are Google Search Operators? by TeachThought Staff Google search operators are special characters and commands you can use to refine your search queries on Google. They help narrow down results by specifying more precisely what you’re looking for. For example, using quotation marks (“”) around a phrase will return results with that exact phrase….