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The first edition of The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox has many, many hundreds of positive...
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My Latest Posts
2025’s Best Social Studies Resources – So Far
I’m continuing with my mid-year “Best” list posts… You can see all previous Social Studies...
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There Are Eight Different Ways To Subscribe To This Blog – For Free!
There are many different ways you can subscribe to this blog for free and access the...
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Irony (Or Hypocrisy) Alert – Trump Wants English To Be Official U.S. English & Also Wants To Eliminate Funding To Help Students Learn…English
Most readers might already know this but, if you don’t, you also probably won’t...
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2025’s Best Posts From This Blog – So Far
As usual, I’m kicking-off my mid-year “Best” lists with my choices for the best posts from...
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A Beginning List For Teachers On Dealing With ‘The Manosphere”
Andrew Tate and the ‘Manosphere” have become even more emboldened during the...
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Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on...
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“Lifetoon” Is Clearly One Of The Best Online Tools For Creating Comics That I’ve Seen – & It’s Free (For Now)
As most ELL teachers – and many others – do, I periodically have students...
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“Books That Have Made Teachers Better”
Books That Have Made Teachers Better is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns....
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“6 Pieces of Advice to My Grandson Entering a Teaching-Credential Program”
6 Pieces of Advice to My Grandson Entering a Teaching-Credential Program is the headline of one of...
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“Sparky” Is The Latest Effort By Google To Find Something Useful To Do With Its AI
Google continues to try – usually unsuccessfully (except for NotebookLM) – a...
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This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom
At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight...
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My Books
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Social Studies.
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of English.
Creative instructional techniques to help middle- and high-school teachers develop self-motivated and high-achieving students.
Includes real-life examples of parental involvement initiatives: home visits, the use of technology and more!
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Math.
Designed to help teachers implement the Common Core in the ELL Classroom. Sequel to ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide.
Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels.
Insightful research and strategies for helping students want to care more about school and learning with high interest lesson plans.
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Science.
Tips for helping students to motivate themselves. Includes steps and lesson plans to help students motivate themselves.
Q&A-style responses to a variety of pressing classroom-management and student-engagement questions.
Provides over 50 original lessons for English Language Learners with a five-step process to increase student achievement.
My Other work
My blog to support and follow-up my Engaging parents in school book.
My Bam Radio show.
My posts for Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo at Education Week Teacher.
My Teaching English British Council posts.
50 teaching practices divided into four main sections: autonomy, competency, relatedness, and relevance.
My education posts on the Learning Network for the New York Times.