An award-winning English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., Larry Ferlazzo is the author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, and Building Parent Engagement In Schools.
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A Superintendent Explains Why Having to Decide About Fall Reopening Is the 'Absolute Worst'
District school Superintendent PJ Caposey shares the challenges and questions he is grappling with as he plans for a school year during the pandemic.
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Q&A Collections: Parent Engagement in Schools
All Classroom Q&A posts on parent engagement in schools (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.
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Q&A Collections: Student Voices
All Classroom Q&A posts featuring commentaries written by students (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.
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Five Ways to Use Music in Lessons
Five educators share ways to use music in lessons across the curriculum, including for textual analysis and to help create a positive classroom culture.
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Q&A Collections: Using Tech With Students
All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on using tech with students (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.
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Strategies for Using Music in ALL Subjects
Five educators share multiple ways to use music in nonmusic classes, including having students create their own songs to help remember content and y interpreting the music of different eras in social studies classes.
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Q&A Collections: Cooperative & Collaborative Learning
All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Cooperative & Collaborative Learning (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.
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Q&A Collections: Teaching Social Studies
All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Teaching Social Studies (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.
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'Teachers & Aides Need to Work as a Team'
Three educators share advice on working with instructional aides/paraprofessionals, including having a "team" mindset and demonstrating empathy.
Teaching
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A 'Communication, Action, Reflection' Cycle Makes a Teacher-Paraprofessional Relationship Work
Three educators share ideas on how to make a teacher-paraprofessional relationship work, including through constant communication, planning, and reflection.
Teaching
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Tips for Working With Classroom Aides
Four educators share tips on how teachers and paraprofessionals can work effectively together, including by maintaining regular daily communication and providing professional-development opportunities.
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Q&A Collections: Facing Gender Challenges in Education
All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Facing Gender Challenges in Education (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.
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Q&A Collections: Implementing the Common Core
All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Implementing the Common Core (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post.
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Educators: Would You Like to Contribute to This Blog?
Readers are invited to write responses to questions related to teaching in a COVID-19 teaching environment, as well as discussing how the killing of George Floyd is impacting their teaching practice.