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Ellis Island Opened On This Day In 1892 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources On Immigration 12019 / Pixabay
The Ellis Island Immigration Station opened on this date in 1892. You might be interested in: The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States The Best Places Where Students Can Tell Their – And/Or Their Families – Immigration Story
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I’ve just mailed out the January issue of my very simple free monthly email newsletter. It has over 3,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here. Of course, you can also join the tens of thousands of others who subscribe to this blog daily: 7 WAYS YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO MY DAILY BLOG POSTS FOR FREE  This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here): Students are struggling. Why? is from MAA.
 A more expansive approach to studying what works in education is from Brookings. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research.
Which published results can you trust? is from Marginal Revolution. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research.
Undocumented Students Still Have a Right to Education. Will That Change in 2026? is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PLYLER DECISION NOW THAT RIGHT-WINGERS ARE PLANNING A PUSH TO MAKE MIGRANT CHILDREN PAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
Many states tried to create phone-free learning spaces this year. Here’s how it went is from NPR.
 A Look Back: Video – Big Bang Theory Shows (Sort Of) How Close Reading Is Supposed To WorkFor the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful. This post first appeared in 2016.
English teacher and author extraordinaire Jim Burke shared this video on Twitter. The clip shows (minus the peer insults) how close reading might work in a perfect world. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On “Close Reading” — Help Me Find More.   A Look Back: Deliberate Practice, The Olympics & Red HerringsFor the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful. This post first appeared in 2016.
The Washington Post has tried to rain on everybody’s parade by discouraging people from believing that they can become Olympians through deliberate practice (see Why all the practice in the world can’t turn you into an Olympian). It reviews an older study I’ve previously shared (see my post, Deliberate Practice & Red Herrings, for a more in-depth analysis) finding that genetics plays a key, if not the key, role in becoming an expert. I do think you might find that previous post of mine useful, but here is what I think is the “money quote” from it: It seems to me that deliberate practice debunkers often raise a red herring saying that advocates say that anybody can become an expert through deliberate practice. I haven’t heard that… What I have read and learned in research on the topic is that deliberate practice is the most important element in developing expertise that is within a person’s control. So, please, if you are going to write or talk about deliberate practice, don’t do it in the context of debunking something that no one is saying… I’m adding this info to The Best Resources For Learning About The 10,000 Hour Rule & Deliberate Practice.  More Recent Articles |
