Terrible tornadoes hit the Midwest this past weekend, and Oklahoma has been hit by devastating mile-wide one today. As of this initial writing of this post, the human toll is still unknown, and we can only hope it’s not as … Continue reading →

The Los Angeles Unified School District’s recent vote to ban student suspensions for “willful defiance” — without having a plan in place for alternatives (the Superintendent has four months to develop such a plan) — is a complicated issue. Clearly, … Continue reading →

The Best Multilingual Resources For Parents is a new “The Best” list I just posted over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. You might, or might not, find it useful….

It’s that time of the year when new schools are interviewing potential new teachers and, thankfully, the beginning of the economic recovery actually provides some promise after years of tight school budgets. This list focuses on K-12 jobs — I’ll … Continue reading →

The concept of “close reading” has been getting more and more attention lately as the Common Core Standards are being implement. As Dr. Douglas Fisher explains: Close reading isn’t in the Common Core State Standards. However, an analysis of the … Continue reading →

I’ve published several posts on the recent TED Talks On Education extravaganza on PBS, and others have done the same. I thought it would be useful for readers here for me to put them all together, and to continue to … Continue reading →

I was prompted to put this list together today after seeing a New York Times article about an eleven-year-old who is debuting a movie he made about New York City school lunches. He used a hidden camera for six months … Continue reading →

The Best Resources For Learning About Community Schools is a new post over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Additional suggestions are welcome.

I know there are a ton of resources out there on bullying. I’m also skeptical about a lot of it being useful. So I’m just going to start off this list with two resources I think are good ones, and … Continue reading →

A Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Using Technology To Help Engage Parents is a new post over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. You might find it interesting/useful.