In addition to this blog, I regularly post at several other sites: Engaging Parents In School: Weekly Posts At Classroom Q & A With Larry Ferlazzo: Monthly Posts At The New York Times Learning Network on Teaching English Language Learners: … Continue reading →

I have had quite a few class blogs over the years, and have now updated them on the Blogroll over on my sidebar. Here are the most recent ones (one or two might be a little old, but are still … Continue reading →

In addition to writing this blog, I have some others where I wrote regularly: At “Engaging Parents In School,” I write about…parent engagement in schools….

This is the ten thousandth post I’ve published on this blog since I started writing it five-and-a-half years ago. That’s a lot of posts! After this year’s crop of “best-of-the-year” lists, I plan on writing some “best-of-the-past-five-year” ones, so that … Continue reading →

I saw a few tweets about something called the iTDi Blog, and checked it out. Boy, was I impressed! I asked Barb Hoskins Sakamoto if she would be open to writing a short description that I could post. Here is … Continue reading →

The New York Times published a guest post I wrote today, Helping Students Motivate Themselves. You might want to take a look….

I just posted The Ten Most Popular “Classroom Q & A Posts” Of 2011 over at my Education Week Teacher column. There are some pretty decent ones in there — if I say so myself

Learning The Language, the crucially important Education Week blog on English Language Learners begun by Mary Ann Zehr several years ago, will continue — for now — and be written by Alexandra Rice. It’s still unclear what will be happening in the long-run. Mary Ann left this past week to become a high school ESL [...]

School ended last Friday, and the summer begins! I wanted to let readers know that, though I will be continuing to post daily here, their number will be reduced — probably substantially. I’m working on several writing projects, including two books, so I’ve got to concentrate on those for the next two-and-a-half months. In addition, family [...]

The Courage To Blog With Students is an article by my Teacher Leaders Network colleague Marsha Ratzel that is a “must-read” for any teacher using blogs with their students, or considering the idea. It appears in Education Week: Teacher Magazine. I’m adding it to The Best Sources For Advice On Student Blogging. addthis_url [...]