How an unconventional principal used blended learning to help turn around a struggling urban school is a great article in The Hechinger Report.

Here’s an excerpt:

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Here are new additions to A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism – Help Me Find More:

Color-Blindness Is Counterproductive is from The Atlantic.

Next time someone tells you "all lives matter," show them this cartoon http://t.co/BKD09Yok7d pic.twitter.com/OwGU127i8v

— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 4, 2015

Many thx to @alexanderrusso for sharing some of my suggestions for posts on #blacklivesmatter & #education: http://t.co/G2VsV9Ivfp

— Catharine Bellinger (@cmbellinger) September 11, 2015

How to Talk to Kids About Race: Books and Resources That Can Help: http://t.co/W4XNS3KIiW pic.twitter.com/IrNaxxkBTJ

— Teaching Tolerance (@Tolerance_org) September 10, 2015

My boss is smart. Glad to see @NeaToday knows this too. "When Implicit Bias Shapes Teacher Expectations" #EduColor http://t.co/6zJq5xZil0

— Monita Bell (@MonitaB_TT) September 10, 2015

Black Lives Matter: A playlist of powerful StoryCorps interviews | TED Blog http://t.co/t2WdnQS3qR #moedchat

— Bob Dillon (@ideaguy42) September 9, 2015

Here’s how this maker of this video describes it:

A geopolitical history of all empires, nations, kingdoms, armies and republics. More than 500 world maps spanning all historical events up to today.

 

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Two 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 The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of ELLs In 2015 – So Far and The Best Websites For English Language Learner Students In 2015 – So Far.

Here are this week’s choices:

The State of California settled a court case with the ACLU about oversight of district English Language Learner programs by the state. Who knows if it will make any difference, but I guess it can’t hurt. You can read about it at State to boost oversight of services for students learning English from The Los Angeles Times.

Planning a grammar lesson is from The British Council. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Grammar Practice.

Miami-Dade Schools to Offer Seal of Biliteracy is from Ed Week.

Here’s a useful infographic I’m adding to The Best Infographics About Teaching & Learning English As A Second (or Third!) Language:

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Each week, I publish a post containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.

You might also be interested in The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2015 – So Far.

Here are this week’s picks:

Text to Text | ‘Let’s Give Up on the Constitution’ and ‘The Constitution of the United States’ is from The New York Times Learning Network. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The Constitution Of The United States.

The Case For And Against Homework is from Marzano Research. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Homework Issues.

Reading Informational Texts Using the 3-2-1 Strategy is from Read Write Think.

Here’s a thought I shared on Twitter a day or two ago, and I thought readers might find it useful:

first wk of schl is over.I've always found this is great time 2 tell stdnts individually, "I'm really glad you're in my class because …."

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 11, 2015

I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience”:

Real writing needs an authentic audience. Otherwise it's just an assignment. pic.twitter.com/ArGVJgJDMc

— Cornelius Minor (@MisterMinor) September 5, 2015