"Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day…" - 5 new articles

LangTwo is an AI chatbot that teaches multiple language and, for now, at least, it’s free.

What’s especially nice about it is that it will automatically provide feedback to you in your home language.

I’m adding it to:

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

The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Learning English & Other Languages

     

You might or might not be familiar with Our World In Data, which is a treasure chest of infographics sharing data about world.

In the past, it hasn’t been that easy to find specific charts and reports on the site.

However, they’ve recently announced a new search engine that is very accessible and effective, as you can see from the above screenshot showing just a tiny bit of what you can find when searching “education.”

     

American Empire is an impressive interactive showing American military bases and interventions for the past 125 years.

In addition, it compares them to those of other countries.

You can read more about it at Google Maps Mania.

I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About U.S. History.

     

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.

You can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here.

Here are this week’s picks:

How to get the most out of student grouping is from Teach Learn Grow. I’m adding it to  Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom.

A Simple Visual Routine to Help Students Engage With Poetry is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More.

Wait Time is from DistillEd. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Idea Of “Wait Time”

Assessment: The bridge between teaching and learning is by Dylan Wiliam. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment.

Ramping Up Relevance With Community-Centered Learning is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Ideas For Helping Students Connect Lessons To Their Interests & The World.

     

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Many of us are familiar with the old saying that half of all new teachers are gone from the profession within the first five years.

Fortunately, that number is a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.

The Education Endowment Foundation in Great Britain recently came out with a new study finding that:

Almost one in three teachers leave within their first five years of teaching, rising to 43% within
ten.

That report got me wondering about the numbers here in the United States.

The most recent study I could find was ten years old, and it estimated that 44% of teachers leave within the first five years.

My guess would be that today’s number is at least that percentage and is likely more, given post-pandemic stress and additional cultural/political pressures.

Perhaps districts and schools might want to consider upping their game around supporting newbies?  That is something they can control.

Let me know if anyone is aware of more recent numbers.