Category: Education
February Is Black History Month – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay February is Black History Month in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History. You might also find scores of other “Best” lists related to Race & Racism useful. February is Black History Month in the United States. You might be interested in The…
Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists
(Note: I am going to publish this same post regularly to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists) As regular readers know, I have about 2,200 categorized and regularly updated “Best” lists. You can find all of them in broad categories here. The link to that…
January’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,512 Of Them!
Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,490 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: My Best Older (2023) Posts…
Feb. 2nd Is Groundhog Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
hatlerbratton / Pixabay It’s Groundhog Day on February 2nd. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Groundhog Day. It’s Groundhog Day on February 2nd. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Groundhog Day. anniversaries Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Five-Minute Starts: Fifteen Ideas to Ignite Your Class
The first five minutes of every class in higher education holds far more significance than they might initially seem. These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. When teachers begin with enthusiasm, engagement, and a thoughtful provocation, they foster an environment where students feel…
A dismal report card in math and reading
The kids are not bouncing back. The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below those of students in 2019, the last administration of the test before the pandemic. In reading, students slid below the devastatingly low…
What the White House pause on spending means for education
UPDATE: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing federal grants and loans. A late-night directive from the White House budget office Monday that appeared to freeze streams of federal dollars that pay for everything from school lunches to university research is facing immediate legal challenges — after first stunning the education world….
“Welcome To The Monkey House” As Trump Freezes Grants – How Does It Impact Schools?
President Trump has frozen federal grants. As of this writing, states are planning to sue to halt his arbitrary actions but, for now, here’s how Dana Goldstein from the NY Times summarizes its education impact: With luck, by the time you read this, the courts have brought sanity to this chaos. President Trump has frozen…