January 2016 Blog Posts (56)

Turning a Cruise Ship by Christopher Wooleyhand, Ph.D.

President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on December 10, 2015. According to the government’s webpage, the reauthorization of NCLB represents “good news for our nation’s schools.”



The bipartisan law proclaims to:



Advance equity by upholding critical protections for disadvantaged and high-need students.

Require—for the first time—that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and… Continue

Added by Debbie Wooleyhand on January 5, 2016 at 6:23am — No Comments

Reading and phonics are the same thing

Anybody still confused about why we're having so much trouble with reading should look at this short article.

It explains why reading and phonics should be considered interchangeable terms.

You cannot teach a phonetic language without phonics. Phonic, phonics, and phonetic are equivalent derivatives from the Greek word for sound. That's the beginning and…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on January 4, 2016 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Using Students’ “Daily News” Stories in Primary-Grade ELL Classes

Using Students’ “Daily News” Stories in Primary-Grade ELL Classes

In this article in The Reading Teacher, University of Wyoming/Laramie researcher Patrick Manyak describes “Daily News”, a literacy activity he observed in two California English-immersion grade 1 and 2 classrooms. This was one of a number of balanced literacy strategies used by these two teachers. Here’s how this 15-minute activity…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2016 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Planning Family Conferences for Kindergarten

Family Conferences

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Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2016 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Are We Surrendering Too Easily to Digital Distractions?

Are We Surrendering Too Easily to Digital Distractions?

In this article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Frank Furedi (University of Kent, England) says many U.S. college professors believe that digital devices have made today’s students so distracted, fragmented, and unfocused that they can’t be expected to read books all the way through. Sadly, he says, “reading is not seen as a cause worth fighting…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2016 at 4:09pm — 1 Comment

Teacher involvement key to 1:1 device success

Teacher involvement key to 1:1 device success

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Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2016 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick? By VICKI ABELESJAN





A version of this op-ed appears in print…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2016 at 10:46am — No Comments

From Problem Solver to Innovator: Is the Answer to Disconnect?

In a business that calls for its leaders and teachers to be problem solvers all of the time, it seems that staying on task and doing what needs to be done may not lead to anything more than solving the problem at hand. Since we hold the work close and it is always somewhere in our thinking, allowing attention to disconnect, may just be the route to more innovative solutions. Then, disconnecting creates the space for attention to other things; allowing the mind to wander into new places…

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on January 3, 2016 at 6:54am — No Comments

6 WAYS TO MOTIVATE TEACHERS: BE THE HOPE by Vicki Davis

6 WAYS TO MOTIVATE TEACHERS: BE THE HOPE



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Added by Michael Keany on January 2, 2016 at 9:30am — No Comments

Memo to Teachers’ Unions: Now Might Be a Good Time to Start Panicking by Joshua Dunn

Memo to Teachers’ Unions: Now Might Be a Good Time to Start Panicking





By  02/25/2015

Education Next

In “…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 12:07pm — No Comments

History PowerPoint Presentations for Teachers by Tom Richey

History PowerPoint Presentations for Teachers

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Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 11:58am — No Comments

The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels” by Larry Ferlazzo





LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY…

…For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL







The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”

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Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 11:53am — No Comments

Five Lessons Learned in 2015 by Tricia Ebner

Five Lessons Learned in 2015



This week marks the end of one year and the beginning of another. As a teacher, this point is a secondary point for me; my “true new year” usually begins in August. Still,…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 9:19am — No Comments

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