The best K-12 blogs, worth reading.

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 […]

Vocaspeak provides over eighty free pronunciation lessons for English Language Learners. No sign-up is required. Each lesson focuses on one-or-two sounds. You can hear it first, and then record. It will assess you on your accuracy. I’m adding it to The Most Useful Free Or VERY Low Cost AI Tools For Supporting English Language […]

Copy the black pixel pattern from each small grid into its matching section on the master grid to reveal a hidden Easter egg image.

Copy the black pixel pattern from each small grid into its matching section on the master grid to reveal a hidden ghostly image.

Copy the black pixel pattern from each small grid into its matching section on the master grid to reveal a hidden volleyball image.

COLUMBIA — Helping save Lakeview School in West Columbia is Earnestine Holden’s retirement job. Like many of the people trying to save historic Black schools, Holden, who graduated from the school in 1967, isn’t a professional historian or grant-writer. She’s a passionate alum who wants to see the school she graduated from preserved for future generations to […]

Few phrases generate as much apprehension as "non-negotiables." For many educators, the phrase evokes images of heavy-handed administrative oversight, restrictive pacing guides, and scripted curricula that sap teachers' autonomy. However, when properly defined and operationalized, non-negotiables are not compliance tools. Instead, they serve as the load-bearing pillars of school culture, safeguard

This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology. But there’s another subject that’s been sneaking into school curricula: plastics. A new report from the nonprofit Plastic Pollution Coalition documents the many ways the plastics industry has been […]

You’ll want to check out this study, Cultural Relevance at Scale: The Effects of an Ethnic Studies Expansion on Academic Outcomes, that’s NOT behind a paywall. You’ll also want to read Jen Jennings’ comment on it here: If any other intervention produced outcomes of this size – GPA improvements of .24SD & reductions in […]

The Christina School District will phase out its use of school resource officers at middle schools, and replace them with constables. Following a heated debate at a meeting earlier this month, the Christina school board voted to retain school resource officers (SROs) at middle schools for just six months, giving the district the time to […]

There are small and large ways teachers, parents and administrators can cut back on the amount of screen time in school that detracts from learning.

Food stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break.

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 […]

Vocaspeak provides over eighty free pronunciation lessons for English Language Learners. No sign-up is required. Each lesson focuses on one-or-two sounds. You can hear it first, and then record. It will assess you on your accuracy. I’m adding it to The Most Useful Free Or VERY Low Cost AI Tools For Supporting English Language […]

Copy the black pixel pattern from each small grid into its matching section on the master grid to reveal a hidden Easter egg image.

Copy the black pixel pattern from each small grid into its matching section on the master grid to reveal a hidden ghostly image.

Copy the black pixel pattern from each small grid into its matching section on the master grid to reveal a hidden volleyball image.

COLUMBIA — Helping save Lakeview School in West Columbia is Earnestine Holden’s retirement job. Like many of the people trying to save historic Black schools, Holden, who graduated from the school in 1967, isn’t a professional historian or grant-writer. She’s a passionate alum who wants to see the school she graduated from preserved for future generations to […]

Few phrases generate as much apprehension as "non-negotiables." For many educators, the phrase evokes images of heavy-handed administrative oversight, restrictive pacing guides, and scripted curricula that sap teachers' autonomy. However, when properly defined and operationalized, non-negotiables are not compliance tools. Instead, they serve as the load-bearing pillars of school culture, safeguard

This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology. But there’s another subject that’s been sneaking into school curricula: plastics. A new report from the nonprofit Plastic Pollution Coalition documents the many ways the plastics industry has been […]

You’ll want to check out this study, Cultural Relevance at Scale: The Effects of an Ethnic Studies Expansion on Academic Outcomes, that’s NOT behind a paywall. You’ll also want to read Jen Jennings’ comment on it here: If any other intervention produced outcomes of this size – GPA improvements of .24SD & reductions in […]

The Christina School District will phase out its use of school resource officers at middle schools, and replace them with constables. Following a heated debate at a meeting earlier this month, the Christina school board voted to retain school resource officers (SROs) at middle schools for just six months, giving the district the time to […]

There are small and large ways teachers, parents and administrators can cut back on the amount of screen time in school that detracts from learning.

Food stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break.