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Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,595 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS).

Here are the lists from this month:

The Best Fun Videos For English Language Learners In 2026 – So Far

The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About The 2026 World Cup

2026’s Best Posts On New Education-Related Research Studies – So Far

Best Videos For Educators In 2026 – So Far

2026’s Best Posts From This Blog – So Far

The Best Resources On The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework – And Its Variations

The Best Resources On What Poverty Does To Children’s Brains – And What We Can Do About It

The Best Online Learning Games & Apps For Toddlers (Though Only For Very, Very Limited Times)

The Best Resources For Using “Vision Boards” In Class

2026’s Best Artificial Intelligence Tools & Resources For Teachers & Students – Part One

     

I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 25,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog.

I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post).

Here they are:

     

I’ve published many AI-related “Best” lists, and you can find them all here.

Here are my choices for the best AI tools and resources for education over the past six months:

“My AI Toolkit: Studio” Is An Exceptional Resource For ELL Teachers

“Twin Pics” Looks Like A Good Classroom Game To Support ELL Writing

“How to Use Artificial Intelligence With English Learners—According to Teachers”

Inductive Teaching Has Always Been An Effective Strategy, Perhaps Even More So In The AI Era

Google Translate’s “Practice” Feature Finally Makes Itself A Useful Tool For Language Learning – It Now Assesses Your Pronunciation!

What Do You Think Of These Two Questions For Helping Guide School AI Use?

This Idea Of Beginning Lessons With A “Micro-Inquiry” Is A Good One, & I Like This Free AI Tool Designed To Create Them

Note To College Instructors: Um, I Don’t Think Your Students Are Reading Your Textbook Or Materials

“The Claim Auditor” Uses AI To Verify…Claims That People Say Are Research-Based

“Quizdes” Is A Free & Decent Alternative To Wayground Or Kahoot – If You Needed One

“What If History” Is A Fun AI Tool & Also Makes Me Feel Sad About What AI Has Done To Classrooms

“Dulink” Translates Any Article AND They Make It Look Nice

“Write In English” Is A New & Free AI Tool I Created That Is A Rough Approximation Of Something That Could Be Very Effective In Helping ELLs

Google Translate Now Offers Simultaneous Translation On iPhones Using Headphones – This Will Be Great For ELL Students In English-Proficient Classes

How Did I Not Know About YouTube’s “Ask About This Video” Feature? It Can Be An Excellent Tool For ELLs

“Speak Free” Is A Decent – & Free – Tool for Practicing English Pronunciation

This Is Interesting: Foundations Putting A Bunch Of Money Into Creating AI Tools For English Language Learners

In Many Ways, I Think “ESLvideo” May Now Be One Of The Best Examples For AI Education Use On The Web

The Best Resources For Teachers, Especially Those Teaching ELLs, To Learn About Google’s NotebookLM

“Spot Different” Could Come In Very Handy For ELL Teachers

“Instrument Playground” Would Be A Good Tool For Students Learn About Different Musical…Instruments

“Padlet Arcade” Looks Like A Great – &, For Now At Least, Free – Place To Easily Create Online Learning Games

Who’d Have Thought? Students Who Prompt AI To Create Texts They’re Interested In Are More Likely To Want To Read Them

I’ve Created Five Free Chatbots For Teachers & Others, And Some Have Become Quite Popular – Here Links To All Of Them

Google Uses Its AI To Create Its Most Elaborate Relatively Useless Tool Yet

Google Just Created A New AI Tool That Is Perfect For Teachers Of ELL Newcomers

“Vocab.top” Seems Like A Particularly Good Multilingual Dictionary

“My Story Steps” Has Potential For Long-Distance Grandparents Like Me

“Odyssey” Is An AI-Powered Video Tool That Could Be Useful To English Language Learners

“LineSpeak” Is An AI Tool To Assess Pronunciation & It Seems To Have A Generous Free Plan

“Uttered” Might Become A Decent Video Option For English Language Learners

Some Studies Say That AI Tutors Are Supposedly Effective, But For Whom?

If I Was Still Teaching, I’d Use This Writing Prompt As Part Of My Unit On Artificial Intelligence

I Benefited A Lot From Reading This Piece About AI In Education, & I Think All Educators Could, Too

“LangTwo” Seems Like A Decent AI-Powered Language Tool & It’s Free (For Now, At Least)

“Spelly” Looks Like A Good Free Tool Where ELLs Can Get Their Pronunciation Assessed

“New Life” Seems To Do An Excellent Job Of Comparing What Life Is Like In Two Different Places

Five AI-Created Infographics Sharing Info On AI Research & My Recommendations

Excellent Summary Of Research On AI & Learning, But Recommendations Are Pretty Weak

“Hidden Door” Uses AI To Let You Role-Play Within Classic Novels

I’m Pretty Surprised That Sal Khan Wrote This Op Ed, & Even More Surprised The NY Times Published It

“Mock Talk” Looks Like A Good – And Free – Tool Where ELLs Can Practice Speaking

The Most Useful Free Or VERY Low Cost AI Tools For Supporting English Language Learners

With “Learn Everything,” Google Strikes Out Again In Trying To Make AI Useful

“Talk To Dai” Seems Like A Decent AI-Powered Language Learning Tool, & It’s Free (At Least, For Now)

I REALLY Think Secondary ELL Teachers Should Consider Radically Restructuring Classes, But I’m Not Sure If They Are

“Hello Nabu” Looks Like One Of The Best Free AI-Powered Language Learning Tools That I’ve Seen So Far

Google Unveils “Scholar Labs” For Academic Research – Seems “Meh”

Though I think the author here is kidding himself with some of the assignments he suggests are AI-resistant, there are a few that could be useful. I’m adding it to The “Best” Strategies For Creating AI-Resistant Assignments.

Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges is from The Conversation. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR HELPING STUDENTS SEE THE BENEFITS OF WRITING (IN THE AI AGE).

Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out is from Wired.

AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking is from The Conversation.

EduGems has a nice collection of prompts that teachers can use with AI chatbots. I’m adding it to NOT NECESSARILY THE “BEST,” BUT A LIST OF AI TEACHER PREP SITES.

     

When I was teaching about Indigenous Societies and Knowledge during our IB Theory of Knowledge classes, I always included lessons about the crime and tragedy of U.S. and Canadian boarding schools.

Students in my classes, half of whom were typically members of indigenous communities themselves, were always shocked by what they learned.

I wished I had known about the boarding school lessons offered free by The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.

You can read more about them at today’s AP article, As Native American boarding schools project ends, survivors describe feeling honored and restored.

I’m adding this info to:

RESOURCES ON CHALLENGES NATIVE AMERICANS FACE IN SCHOOLS

The Best Sites For International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People

     

Another day, another mid-year “Best” list.

Now, it’s time for research studies.

You can see all previous editions of this list, as well as all my ed research related “best” lists, here.

Here are my choices for the past six months:

Study Identified A Long Overlooked Aspect Of Student Achievement – The Impact Of Student Mobility

No Sh_T Sherlock, Another Study Finds That Just Because Your Students Do Well At Advantaged School Doesn’t Mean You’ll Have The Same Success At A Low-Income One

Yet Another Study Finds Reasons To Be Very Cautious When Using Value Added Measurements To Evaluate Teachers

More Research Shows What Most Educators Know: Teachers Get Better As They Gain More Experience

Here’s A List Of “Interactive Teaching Methods” A New Study Has Found Effective In Social Studies Classes

This Is Pretty Interesting: Meta-Analyses Ranking Instructional Math Strategies

Every ELL Teacher In The U.S. Will Want To Read These Results From An Ed Week Survey On Teaching English Learners

Yet Another Study Finds This Program Is Successful For Ninth-Graders – I’m Not Really Sure Why Most Schools Don’t Implement It

New Study Finds That Peer & Self Assessment Helps Create The Conditions For Student Motivation

Big New Analysis Of What Works In Reading Instruction For Older Readers – Here’s What It Says

“The Claim Auditor” Uses AI To Verify…Claims That People Say Are Research-Based

New Study Confirms What Most Teachers Know – Having A Sense Of Humor Helps Big-Time In The Classroom

Even MORE Research Finding That Reclassifying ELLs Isn’t The Preferred Goal That It’s Cracked Up To Be

This Is A VERY Interesting & Useful Study On The Use Of Collaborative Writing In An ELL Classroom AND I Think It’s Findings Can Be Applicable With English-Proficient Students, Too

Are State English Tests For ELLs Like WIDA & ELPAC Actually Valid? For What It’s Worth, Here’s What Google Gemini & ChatGPT Say

This Research About Teacher/Student Misalignment Is From Ghana, But I Think It Also Holds True In The U.S.

Who’d Have Thought? Students Who Prompt AI To Create Texts They’re Interested In Are More Likely To Want To Read Them

Study Finds That Speaking An Additional Language Can Keep You Healthier Physically

Online Game Leaderboards & Zero Sum Thinking

Shocking (NOT) Research Result – SEL Can’t Mitigate The Affects Of Poverty On Academic Achievement

New Study Suggests The Main Reason Students May Find Math – Or Any Other Subject – Challenging Is Because They Don’t Know How To Handle Mistakes

New Study Finds Learning Another Language Slows Down Ageing Of Your Brain

Recommendations For Teachers From A Study On How To Enhance Student Motivation

Survey Finds Parents/Guardians More Likely To Respond To Messages About Absences Early In AM Or Later Afternoon

Some Studies Say That AI Tutors Are Supposedly Effective, But For Whom?

New Study Reinforces Key Strategy For Identifying Leaders

How Many Teachers Leave The Profession Within Their First Five Years?

Excellent Summary Of Research On AI & Learning, But Recommendations Are Pretty Weak

Study Finds, To No One’s Surprise, That Well-Designed Peer Assessment Can Be Effective

Small Slights Matter – This Workplace Research Has SO Much Relevance To The Classroom

Genes Are Not THE Predeterminant To How Smart You Are

No Shocker To Teachers, But New Study Finds SEL Helps Students’ Academic Achievement

Research Finds That Employers Are Looking For People With Social Skills – I’d Show Students This Article If I Was Still In Classroom

Study Basically Reinforces Idea That Students Will Learn More With Active Learning

Statistic Of The Day: Fewer People Want To Be Teachers

New Study Finds ICE Raids Are Hurting Lots Of Students, ‘Regardless Of … Immigration Status’