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“How Should Teachers Deal With Hurtful Language in Literature?”How Should Teachers Deal With Hurtful Language in Literature? is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. Offensive prose does show up in books. Ignoring it doesn’t help students. Here are some excerpts:
     Sentences Of The Week Darkmoon_Art / Pixabay
I thought readers might, or might not, find this new weekly post useful. I’m planning on highlighting several sentences, with links to their sources, that I found interesting/concerning/useful. And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education. I may also include my own comments or related links. This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts. Here are this week’s sentences: There’s a business model built on teacher exhaustion, oversimplification, and selling certainty to people who don’t have time to breathe. Among 14 other surveys conducted this year, 13 showed Democrats with an edge on education among voters, according to my recent survey of surveys. One of the shifts in understanding I seek for students is for them to realize that bad sentences are not (primarily) a writing skill issue, but rather a sign of not yet realized thinking. A strong majority of U.S. public high schools experienced declines in the attendance and learning of students from immigrant families. Officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders. “Factors outside of school might play a considerable role” in learning declines. Ya’ think? “When scores are persistently low, states have a responsibility to do more than simply apply pressure on such schools; they must improve conditions in these schools if they want to see outcomes improve,” commented Pedro Noguera, dean of the education school at the University of Southern California. “The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined,” they found, “with these lower income districts having largely recovered.” In monthly meetings, of around 75 minutes duration, teachers report back to their colleagues about what they have done in their classrooms to improve their practice, get the support of their colleagues for persisting with these difficult changes, hear about new ideas for improving practice, and commit themselves to specific improvements in their practice for the coming month. “This was a state-sponsored attack on teachers because of what they expressed privately to their friends and colleagues and family,” Randi Weingarten, the president of the national American Federal of Teachers, said.
 Video: “What Mount Everest Looks Like From The Eyes Of A Drone” 12019 / Pixabay
I’m adding this new video to The Best Sites For Learning About Mount Everest (which, by the way, I just updated and completely revised):   Global Survey Finds That American Teachers Are The Ones Most Likely To Leave
I’ve previously shared the results of teacher surveys finding that educators aren’t doing that great. Here’ another one: How U.S. Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Stacks Up Against Their Global Peers is from Ed Week.  Four New Resources About Climate Change Tumisu / Pixabay
I’m adding these new resources to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change: Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised is from The Guardian. The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index shows climate vulnerability by census tract. 5 Interactive Climate Change Education Tools to Wow Your Students 10 Climate Change Games for the Classroom  More Recent Articles |
