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  Readers may or may not know that I post two-or-three times a month at another blog called Engaging Parents In Schools. They are mainly resources, and I also have a collection of related parent engagement “Best” lists (some which I need to update). I started the blog years ago to support my first book, […]

  There’s often discussion about if English Language Learners are best served through being taught in separate classes or being integrated into predominantly English-proficient classes. Like many questions in education, there isn’t really one correct answer. Much of the research suggests that elementary age ELLs should be integrated into English-proficient classes and provided ex…

  There has been, and I’m sure there will continue to be, discussions about the most appropriate term to use when describing English Language Learners. I continue to use ELLs because it is still the most widely used and recognized term, and I don’t necessarily see the word “learners” through a deficit lens. But I […]

  The United Nations has declared September 8th to be International Literacy Day. You might be interested in The Best Resources For International Literacy Day.

  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 tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in checking […]

  I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” […]

  Every two months, I reprint this post so that new subscribers learn about these resources. I have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all “my” books (“my” is quotation marks because several are ones I have co-authored or edited). Clicking on the covers will lead you to them. Katie and […]

  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. You can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here. Here are this week’s picks: When Feedback Creates Readers (and When It Doesn’t) is from From Experience […]

  I’ve never been a big fan of being “data-driven” in education (see The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”). Imagine my surprise, however, when I learned that the term “data driven learning” apparently means something completely different in language learning circles. I saw a study titled The impact […]

  I have tons of “Best” lists related to teaching Social Studies to ELLs and English-proficient students alike, but realized I never published one specific list for ELLs, as I’ve done for math and science. So, here goes: First, here are various “Best” list collections: Social Studies Teaching About Current Events Tools For Teaching About […]

  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: I like the idea behind Visualize.AI – you upload an image of something (car part, appliance, etc.) and that it’s […]

  Viora is a free (for now, at least) AI-powered site for learning multiple languages. It’s pretty standard – leading a user through learning new words, sentence use, with home language support.  It doesn’t support actual speaking or pronunciation. I’m adding it to: The Most Useful Free Or VERY Low Cost AI Tools For Supporting […]

  This could be a good video for professional development – show it to teachers and discuss what Chiles remembers. Then ask, “What would former students remember about your classroom?”

  Researcher Nathaniel Hansford reviewed 1,500 studies on reading comprehension, and came up with some important conclusions that you can read at My Best Advice for Reading Comprehension. The most important point for teachers of students in fourth-grade and above seemed to be the value of reciprocal teaching (which I’ve posted about before at New […]

  I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful. Each week, I highlight several sentences, with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful.  And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education.  I may also include my own comments or related links. This regular post will join […]

  Supporting Student Engagement During Remote Learning: Three Randomized Controlled Trials in Chicago Public Schools is a study (not behind a paywall) that focuses on remote learning, but I suspect its lessons can be more generalized. I reviewed it, but was feeling a bit lazy at the time. So I asked ChatGPT to summarize it.  […]

  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): Emily Hanford’s Story Was Basically Wrong is from Michael Pershan. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars” […]

  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. You might also be interested in all my Best lists on teaching ELLs. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best […]

  For several years, I regularly wrote posts for The NY Times Learning Network on teaching English Language Learners. You can see all of them at ALL MY NY TIMES POSTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS – LINKED WITH DESCRIPTIONS.