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Monday, August 18, 2014

8-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:







“The Best Advice On Engaging Parents At The Beginning Of The School Year”
© 2006 Sally Mahoney, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio I’ve just published The Best Advice On Engaging Parents At The Beginning Of The School Year over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. You might, or might not, find it useful.
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Valuable Posts & Articles On Ed Policy
© 2012 Shutter Stutter, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some relatively recent important posts and articles on educational policy issues: What’s the real purpose of educational benchmarking? is by Andy Hargreaves and appeared in The Washington Post. Why The Atlanta Testing Scandal Matters is from NPR. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles About The Atlanta Testing Scandal. Professiona


“The History Project” Is A Great Resource For Teachers Everywhere
The History Project is led by educators in Pakistan and India who have developed a website and textbook that show each country’s interpretation of their histories — side by side! You can see an image above (reduced in size) from their site. Not only is a phenomenal resources for students in those two countries, it’s an extraordinary one for teachers everywhere. You can read more about it at NPR:
All My Ed Week Posts From The Past Three Years On Teacher & Administrator Leadership
I’ve just published a compilation of all my Ed Week posts on teacher and administrator leadership. Here’s an except: I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos On “Teacher Leadership.”


“Thinking Like A Scientist Can Help Overcome Allure Of Appearances”
© 2012 Bart Everson, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio As regular readers of this blog and my books know, I’m a big believer in inductive learning (see More Info On Why Inductive Learning Is So Effective and Is This The Most Important Research Study Of The Year? Maybe). One effective way to use inductive learning is through the use of data sets. You can see examples of these in my ASCD article, Get Organ


8-17-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Carlos Slim, “The World’s Richest Man,” Spends Some Of His $ For New Online Spanish-Language Ed Resources© 2014 itupictures, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire, has just unveiled Acceso Latino, an online tool designed to be a “one-stop” site for Spanish-language “employment, education, health ca