I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here).
You can also see my all-time favorites here. I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorites, too.
Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference) – also note that I group many updates on the Trump administration’s current attack on education and democracy in weekly posts you can find here):
Great Summary Of Research On Writing Instruction Would Be A Good Focus For Professional Development
New Meta-Analysis Finds What Most ELL Teachers Know – Multilingual Teaching More Effective Than English-Only Approach
Third Edition Of “The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide” Is Done & Will Be Out Early Next Year!
Review Of Research Suggests Reciprocal Teaching Could Be Best Strategy For Older Readers
Students Created A National AI Policy Framework – I’m Not Sure Why Most Teachers Don’t Have Their Own Students Create Local Versions
Surprise, Surprise! It’s A Lot Easier For A School To Boast Of High Test Scores When They Can Pick & Choose Their Students
Excellent Series Of Reflective Questions For Students & Teachers Alike
I TRY To Keep On Top Of English Language Learner Research In These Four Ways
Classroom Before The First Day Of School Though, This Time, It’s My Grandson’s!
Yet Another Study Finds That Human Connection & Relationships Are Key In Schooling
“Teachers as Improvisers” Is A Post Worth Reading
Two New, Important, & Useful Documents On Student Motivation
I STILL Think Teachers Of Intermediate & Advanced ELLs Should Consider Radically Redesigning Their Classes
Join Me At A Free Sept. 29th Webinar On Supporting ELL Students’ Sense Of Belonging
“Minutemic” Could Be Useful Speaking Practice Site For ELLs & Proficient English Speakers Alike – & It’s Free
As Educators Warned Years Ago, Lots Of Teachers Are Leaving The Classroom
Amazing Interactive Compares 2,300 “Essential English Vocabular Words” From 1953 To Now
“Finlingo” MIGHT Be A Decent Option For A Financial Literacy Program
“Is Teaching an Art or a Science?”
“How Has the ‘Science of Reading’ Impacted English Learners?”
“School Superintendents, Don’t Neglect Any of Your Stakeholders”
“From the Mouths of Teachers: Sage Advice in Six Words or Less”
“Relationships With Students Can Go Wrong. How Teachers Can Right Them”