I regularly select my top posts for each month, excluding the “Best of” lists. I also feature some of them in a detailed monthly newsletter that I send out. You can find previous Best Posts of the Month on Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here).
Here are some of the posts that I believe are the best and most helpful ones I’ve written this past month (not in any specific order):
– The Dangers Of “Zero Sum Thinking” In The World, Including In Schools
– The Parent Trigger Does Not Help Schools Or Parents
– Why Do Students In My ELL Newcomers Class Appear To Be Acquiring English So Much Faster Than In Past Years? Here Are Some Possible Answers
– These “Sentence Navigators” Are Gifts To You, Courtesy Of A Peer Tutor
– Here’s The Updated Version Of What A Typical Day & Week Of My ELL Newcomers Class Looks Like
– One Of The Few Truly Useful Ways AI Has Helped Teachers Appears To Have Been Snuffed Out
– “The Positive Impact Of English Language Learners At An Urban School”
– “We Fight This War To Free The English Language” Is An SNL Video All English Teachers Will Want To Watch
– New Study Reinforces Past Findings: The Presence Of ELLs Can Help Everybody
– NY Times Columnist Asks Everybody Under The Sun Except A Teacher What Schools Need & Her Conclusion Is More Data
– Congrats To Us – Our School Makes BIG Gains In State Test Without Doing “Test Prep”
– What Are Teachers & Schools Going To Do The Day After Election Day If Trump Wins?
– Revisiting “Small Change” & What It Says About Making Big Change
– “Websim.ai” Could Be A Useful AI Tool, Especially If It Improves Its Capabilities A Bit
– Southeast Asian “Model Curricula” – & Soon, One On Native Americans
– Our School Has Three Out Of The Four Elements This Study Says Makes An “Effective” School
– “Guess Where You Are” Is A New, Cool & Free Geography Game
– New Study Shows Positive Impact Of Retrieval Practice, But Highlights Something Even More Important: The Value Of Explaining To Students WHY We Want Them To Do Things
– TikTok Videos Of The Month
– I Discovered Another Useful Way To Use AI In Class Today
– How Will Teachers & Schools Respond If Trump Wins?
– Is What Is Happening In Saugus Schools In MA A Sign Of Things To Come For Immigrant Students?
– “Culturally Responsive Teaching Opens the World to Students”
– “What Do Students Think of Their Teachers?”
– “Equity or Equality: Only One of These Sets Students Up for Success”
– “Mistakes, Mistakes Everywhere: What Can Teachers Learn From Them?”
– “Can AI Be Used Effectively in Class?”
– “22 Ways to Confront Racism in Schools”