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Classroom Q&A

With Larry Ferlazzo

In this EdWeek blog, an experiment in knowledge-gathering, Ferlazzo will address readers’ questions on classroom management, ELL instruction, lesson planning, and other issues facing teachers. Send your questions to lferlazzo@epe.org. Read more from this blog.

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.

Professional Development Opinion Response: Improve Professional Development With 'Choice, Debate, & Feedback'
Douglas Reeves, Jessica Torres, Melissa Eddington, Jared Covili, Daniel R. Venables and Harry Fletcher-Wood share their ideas on improving professional development for educators.
Larry Ferlazzo, June 9, 2018
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22 min read
Professional Development Opinion Response: Do Professional Development 'With' Teachers, Not 'to' Them
Diana Laufenberg, Dina Strasser, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Debbie Silver, Rita Platt and Dr. Melissa C. Gilbert share their critiques of current professional development practices.
Larry Ferlazzo, June 7, 2018
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25 min read
Education Opinion How Can Professional Development Be Fixed?
The new question-of-the-week is: What are the biggest problems with common teacher professional development practices and how can they be fixed?
Larry Ferlazzo, June 6, 2018
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1 min read
Professional Development Opinion Response: Ways to Build Partnerships Between Teachers & Researchers
Dr. Ramon Goings, Lorena German, Sally Zepeda, Dr. Jenny Grant Rankin, David Bateman, PhD and Jenifer Cline, MS discuss how researchers and educators and work together in better ways.
Larry Ferlazzo, June 4, 2018
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16 min read
Curriculum Opinion Author Interview With Rick Wormeli: 'Fair Isn't Always Equal'
Rick Wormeli agreed to answer a few questions about the new second edition of his book, "Fair Isn't Always Equal."
Larry Ferlazzo, June 2, 2018
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14 min read
Education Opinion How Can Researchers & Teachers Work Better Together?
The new question of the week is: How can education researchers work better with educators and vice versa?
Larry Ferlazzo, May 31, 2018
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1 min read
Professional Development Opinion Response: Avoid Burnout by 'Remembering What First Drove You Into Teaching'
Tabitha Pacheco, Amanda Koonlaba, Dr. Jenny Grant Rankin, Megan M. Allen, and Daniel Rechtschaffen finish-up this three-part series on avoiding teacher burn-out.
Larry Ferlazzo, May 30, 2018
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19 min read
Professional Development Opinion Response: Teacher Burn-Out is 'Contagious'
Jennifer Cleary, Emily Geltz, Patricia Jennings, Donna Wilson, Marcus Conyers, Dr. Barbara Blackburn share their suggestions on preventing teacher burn-out.
Larry Ferlazzo, May 29, 2018
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12 min read
Professional Development Opinion Response: Ways to Avoid Teacher Burn-Out
Jenny Edwards, Ph.D., Wendi Pillars, Timothy Hilton, Mandi White, Tara Dale, and Owen Griffith share their suggestions on how teachers can avoid burning-out on their jobs.
Larry Ferlazzo, May 26, 2018
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19 min read
Education Opinion How Do You Avoid Teacher Burn-Out?
The new question-of-the-week is: How do you avoid teacher burn-out?
Larry Ferlazzo, May 23, 2018
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1 min read
Education Opinion Response: No Shortage Of Education Buzz Words
Megan M. Allen, Debbie Zacarian, Joe Hendershott, Russel Tarr, Laura Greenstein and Robert Jorczak share their thoughts about education buzz words.
Larry Ferlazzo, May 22, 2018
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22 min read
Education Opinion This School Year's Most Popular Q&A Posts
Here's a list of the 10 most popular posts over the last 10 months.
Larry Ferlazzo, May 21, 2018
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1 min read
Education Opinion Response: We Could Live Without These Education Buzz Words
Rita Platt, Dr. Douglas Reeves, Jennifer Borgioli, Melissa Eddington, Mike Janatovich, Mandi White and Tara Dale share their buzz word nominations.
Larry Ferlazzo, May 19, 2018
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20 min read
Education Opinion What Education 'Buzz Words' Are Most Over-Used?
The new "question-of-the-week" is: What education "buzz words" are most over-used?
Larry Ferlazzo, May 16, 2018
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1 min read
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