2025’s Best Posts From This Blog – So Far

  As usual, I’m kicking-off my mid-year “Best” lists with my choices for the best posts from this blog so far from the past several months.. There are many more “Best” lists to come over the next two months. You can see my picks for the best over the past eighteen years here, and you […]

May 8, 2025 - 08:51
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2025’s Best Posts From This Blog – So Far

 

As usual, I’m kicking-off my mid-year “Best” lists with my choices for the best posts from this blog so far from the past several months..

There are many more “Best” lists to come over the next two months.

You can see my picks for the best over the past eighteen years here, and you can see all my previous annual “Best” lists here.

I’ll start off by sharing the ones I’m adding to MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE POSTS:

 

ONES BEING ADDED TO THE ALL-TIME BEST LIST:

Turning Problems Into Opportunities – How I Transformed A Class Cellphone Problem Into An Relationship-Building & Family Engagement Success

 

NON-BEST LIST POSTS:

One “Tried & True” Strategy I’m Using To Increase Chances Of Students Doing Useful Homework This year

A Pretty Cool Review Activity I’m Doing With My ELL Newcomers

Boy, ChatGPT Sure Can Save ELL Teachers A LOT Of Time By Creating Conversation Sheets!

Another Strategy/Tool For Dealing With Cellphones In The Classroom

This Is A VERY Interesting & Helpful (Especially To Teachers) Take On The Marshmallow Test

A Holiday Gift To You – More Than Thirty Of My Scrambled “Expanding Sentences” Sheets!

What Peer Tutors In My Class Say About Their Work…

Here’s What I’m Doing As A Semester Final For My ELL Newcomers Class Next Week (It’s Something Different)

NY Times Column Identifies Important Problem – Lack Of Student Agency – But Fall Short On Context & Solutions

The “ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0” Is Out!

6 Actions People Can Take Right Now To Oppose What Trump & Musk Are Doing

How My ELL Newcomer Students Evaluated Our Class & Me

Six Elements Of A National Strategy For Responding To Trump

How To Respond To Trump’s War On Decency, Social Justice & Equity – Part One In A Series

Downloadable Slideshow Sharing 30 “Focus Questions” Our Mentors Use With Their Mentees

I Think “ZenMic” Is Now The Best Online Listening Site For English Language Learners

Wow! A Free-To-Use & Impressive Curriculum For SIFE (Students With Interrupted Formal Education) Students

Topics & Sentence Frames For Slideshows I Have ELL Newcomers Create & Present – Part One

News: I’m Retiring From Teaching High School (& I’m NOT Becoming A Consultant)

Hundreds Of Student Handouts & 11 Chapters From Our “ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0” Are Now Freely Available Online

A Collection Of My Posts About Resisting The Trump Administration Agenda

The New “Live Handbook” Is An Incredible Education Research Resource

“Translanguaging: A Vital Tool for ELL Teachers” Is An Excerpt From Our Latest Book

 

“BEST” LISTS:

The Best Saturday Night Live Videos On Education

The Best Posts & Articles Reacting To Trump’s Executive Order Making English The U.S. Official Language

The Best Free AI-Powered Multi-Use Tools For Teachers

A Beginning List Of Different Types Of Guidance Educators Are Giving Students About AI Use In Their Classes

The Best Short-&-Sweet Tips For Teaching English Language Learners