DECEMBER’S “BEST” LISTS – THERE ARE NOW 2,224 OF THEM!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,224 of them categorized here):

THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2020

THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF INFOGRAPHICS, CHARTS & MAPS – 2020

BEST YEAR-IN-REVIEW FEATURES FOR 2020

A BEGINNING LIST OF RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT RACIST MASCOTS

THE VERY BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS DEALING WITH SCHOOL CLOSURES IN 2020 – PART THREE

MY MOST POPULAR TWEETS OF THE YEAR

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHO TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER IN 2021

THE BEST EDUCATION “YEAR-IN-REVIEW” POSTS & ARTICLES FOR 2020

ALL THE “BEST” LISTS POSTED HERE IN 2020

THE BEST ANNUAL REVIEWS OF EDUCATION RESEARCH – 2020

THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART TWO

MY TWELVE FAVORITE BAM! RADIO SHOWS OF THE YEAR – 2020

THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE YEAR – 2020

MY MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2020

MY FAVORITE POSTS THAT APPEARED IN DECEMBER

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. Check out 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG!

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):

FAILING GRADES SKYROCKETING FOR VULNERABLE STUDENT POPULATIONS – OUR SCHOOLS HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM

THIS FREE HISTORY RESOURCE IS GREAT FOR ELL NEWCOMERS!

SCHOOLS COULD DO FAR WORSE THAN MAKING THIS NEW RESEARCH PAPER A FOCUS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MONTHS TO COME

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON RACISM & WHAT WHITE EDUCATORS SHOULD DO ABOUT IT

I’M WORRIED ABOUT MY STUDENTS – VERY WORRIED. AND HERE IS WHAT I’M PLANNING TO DO ABOUT IT

WASH. POST PUBLISHES MY ANNUAL EDUCATION NEWS ROUNDUP

“DISTANCE LEARNING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS” IS MY NEW BRITISH COUNCIL POST

“12 STRATEGIES FOR ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO WANT TO REVISE THEIR WRITING”

“TWELVE WAYS TO MAKE MATH MORE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE”

BIDEN WANTS MOST SCHOOLS TO REOPEN BY MAY 1ST – HERE’S WHY I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TIMING IF IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY

I THINK THIS QUOTE DESCRIBES THE ESSENCE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING

GUEST POST: “LABOR-BASED GRADING: THE EXPERIMENT”

NEW SITE SHARES THE STORIES OF THOUSANDS WHO WERE ENSLAVED

PBS NEWSHOUR UNVEILS EXCEPTIONAL & INTERACTIVE PRIMARY SOURCES SITE

DECEMBER’S MOST POPULAR POSTS

As regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days.

I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days.

You might also be interested in It’s The Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts.

Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE YEAR – 2020

1.The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

2. The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”)

3. The Best Christmas Videos For English Language Learners – Help Me Find More

4. I’M WORRIED ABOUT MY STUDENTS – VERY WORRIED. AND HERE IS WHAT I’M PLANNING TO DO ABOUT IT

5. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories

6. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom

7. All my “Best” lists

8. The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures

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