A young NBA star asked Jalen Brunson about winning. His answer was about failure is a nice article in The Athletic at The New York Times. I'm adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures. Here's a video embedded ...
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  1. Jalen Brunson On The Role Of Failure In Achieving Success
  2. Video: Stephen Colbert Appears In New Version Of “Arthur” Theme Song – Would Be Good For ELLs
  3. Research Studies Of The Week
  4. June’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,595 Of Them!
  5. Pins Of The Week
  6. More Recent Articles

Jalen Brunson On The Role Of Failure In Achieving Success

 

A young NBA star asked Jalen Brunson about winning. His answer was about failure is a nice article in The Athletic at The New York Times.

I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures.

Here’s a video embedded in the article:

 

     

Video: Stephen Colbert Appears In New Version Of “Arthur” Theme Song – Would Be Good For ELLs

 

In Video: Official World Cup Song Would Be Great For ELLs – & All Other Students, Too!, I discussed songs that are accessible to ELLs and also carry the added benefit of being about topics that could encourage reflection and confidence.

Stephen Colbert just did another one – a remake of the “Arthur” theme song.

You can read the lyrics here.

Colbert’s video is below, followed by a “lyrics video” usable for class.

I’m adding this info to The Best Music Websites For Learning English.

 

 

     

Research Studies Of The Week

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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

Featured in the latest Digest: School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement

www.nber.org/digest/20251…

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— NBER (@nber.org) December 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM

New meta-analysis concludes that prequestions confer an advantage to content relevant to the prequestions, but the advantage does not bleed over to other content. link.springer.com/article/10.1…

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— Dan Willingham (@dtwuva.bsky.social) December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM

Linking Student Absenteeism on Different Weekdays to Student Achievement journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1…

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— Paul Bruno (@paul-bruno.com) December 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM

“Foreign Accents and Employer Beliefs: Experimental Evidence on Hiring Discrimination”

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers….

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— John Holbein (@johnholbein1.bsky.social) December 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM

     

June’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,595 Of Them!

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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

     

Pins Of The Week

 

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:

     

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