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aitoff / Pixabay This is from Minnesota Public Radio: Memorials abound on the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada and in parts of the United States on Monday, Sept. 30.

johnhain / Pixabay October is National Bullying Prevention Month.

Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,618 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS).

MJ555 / Pixabay I’ve got nothing against most university professors, and count several as friends.

geralt / Pixabay It’s International Translation Day on Sept. 30th!

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): Back to School With Bulletproof Backpacks www.nytimes.com/interactive/… [image or em…

For the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful.

12019 / Pixabay World Teachers Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994 – when it was created by UNESCO – celebrates teachers worldwide (in the United States, National Teacher Day is Tuesday in the first full week of May).

Ten years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists.

Here’s how the National Museum of American History describes Becoming US: Becoming US is a new educational resource for high school teachers and students to learn immigration and migration history in a more accurate and inclusive way.

Should Teachers Offer Extra Credit?

Why I’m Not Betting on the Future of Alpha School is the headline of one of my Education Week columns.

Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed

The Harvard Business Review has, for years, published tons of thoughtful pieces that can be applied to all sorts of areas, including education.

geralt / Pixabay From The NY Times Learning Network: Introducing Our New, Bite-Size Daily Lesson Plans Every school day you’ll find a new lesson idea, that can be used as a quick warm-up or extended over a full class period.

geralt / Pixabay I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful.

Alexandra_Koch / Pixabay Today is an important day to remember.

TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay For the life of me, I really can’t see AI providing any real learning benefit to English-proficient “mainstream” students, and I’m not seeing any research that suggests otherwise.

(Editor’s note: Today’s post is the latest of a few excerpts from our new book, The Better Teacher’s Toolbox, that I’ll be publishing here over the next two months.

Matt Barnum recently wrote in Chalkbeat about studying showing giving books to students to help build their home libraries helps academic achievement.

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.

geralt / Pixabay Translation can be a challenge for ELL students and their teachers, particularly when Newcomers are parachuted into regular classes and no additional support is provided to them or their teachers.

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: Pose any question to Arbor and it will develop a “know…

Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom.

For the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful.

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): Judge blocks DHS rule limiting foreign students to four-year stays www.washingtonpos…

‘Easy, Positive, and Judgment Free.’

Ten years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.

Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Pretty depressing, eh?

How Realistic Are TV and Movie Portrayals of Teachers?

This is certainly a timely video!

Dany_Sthalin07 / Pixabay Student warm-ups and presentation topics are generally better when they are directly connected to the topic being discussed in the classroom.

Speaking Monkey provides lots of sentences for users to practice repeating, and then provides an assessment.

For the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful.

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 be interested in Celebrate What Would Have Been Paulo Freire’s Birthday – Here Are Related Resources.

KargulTV / Pixabay The government of Singapore has announced a new program to encourage their residents to read by paying them to do just that.

Ten years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.

Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom.

Jon Becker shared this video yesterday on BlueSky.

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.

Not Every Instructional Strategy Is a Winner.

I’ll be interviewing Dr.

The New York Times published a very interesting article yesterday, In the Age of A.I., Some in China Wonder if Learning English Is Worth the Trouble.

NWimagesbySabrinaE / Pixabay When I would get a new student into my ELL classes, one of the assessments I always did was have them read a short passage out load to me to give me a sense of their English reading proficiency.

geralt / Pixabay You may know some new teachers who are trying to figure things out right now (my grandson has just begun his first year of teaching!).

geralt / Pixabay I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful.

In no surprise to ELL teachers, yet another study has found that “old-school” English-only ELL classes should be a thing of the past.

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 post to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism: How an L.A. chart…