Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingMy mother’s parents arrived in the US from Sweden in 1902 and she was born in the US. When she stared school she could only speak Swedish. In a sense she was an ESl student. As you probably know, kids that age pick up a second language fast. They also don’t forget their first language. […]
Read entire post...Off to Sweden – Time to Read Some Book Summaries
August 18th, 2023The Teachers: a Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins
June 9th, 2023
The Teachers: a Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins is a fine piece of qualitative research that uses three year-long case studies and hounders of interviews as data. It details the many difficulties that teachers may face. Even though we don’t know the percentage of teachers facing each difficulty, we do know that they the are somewhat common. (Doug: I’ve seen them all.) This should gain more respect for the profession. I only wish every journalist and pundits could read it.
Gaining Confidence After a Setback by Emily Graham
May 16th, 2023
Gaining Confidence After a Setback
offers great advice for everyone who has experienced a setback of any kind. Even if you don’t feel like you have been setback by things like the pandemic, this also for you. Thanks, Emily.
Read entire post...Malcolm Gladwell’s Four Best Sellers Summarized by Dr. Doug Green
May 11th, 2023
Since I started this blog in 2009, I have summarized over 150 books that offer great advice to the parents and educators who represent my audience. My goal is to promote sales of these fine books and help people who have read the books review the key concepts. Today I offer links to the four books by Malcolm Gladwell that I summarized. If you haven’t read them yet you are in for a treat. If you have, it’s time to review the main points. Have fun.
From Messy to Manageable: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organizing Your Teaching Life by Emily Graham
May 9th, 2023
From Messy to Manageable: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organizing Your Teaching Life by Emily Graham is chuck full of great advice for beginning and experienced teachers. Be sure to share with teachers you know. Thanks, Emily
