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 →

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 →

It’s that time of the year, and I thought it would be useful to publish this post as a sort of “bookend” to The Best Resources For Planning The First Days Of School. I’ll also be publishing a post on … Continue reading →

The question of the week at my Education Week Teacher blog is What Does “Student Engagement” Look Like? In preparation for the response I’ll be posting on Sunday, I thought it would be useful to publish a related “The Best…” … Continue reading →

I’ll be doing a column on ability grouping & tracking over at my Education Week Teacher blog, and thought I’d start compiling some useful materials here to share. This is just a beginning list, and I hope that readers will … Continue reading →

One of the many great ideas that Daniel Pink has shared is having people come up with one sentence that they hope other people will use to describe themselves in the future. He writes about it in his books and … Continue reading →

I’m fairly skeptical about the value, future, and hype related to MOOC’s, massive open online courses. My feelings are that they could be useful for the most highly-motivated learners, but, even with that constituency, I have concerns. Here are some … Continue reading →