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Here are the latest updates for woowonenature@gmail.com "Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day..." - 7 new articles “Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty” (Depending On How You Define “Poverty”) The State Of The Union Address Takes Place Next Tuesday – Here Are Related Resources Two New Useful Videos On Justice, Race & Cultural Identity The Best Resources About Inductive Learning & Teaching Quote Of The Day: “MLK's prophetic call for economic justice” Must-Bookmark Site Comparing Web 2.0 Tools Additional Martin Luther King, Jr. Resources Search Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... Prior Mailing Archive “Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty” (Depending On How You Define “Poverty”) Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty is the headline of a story in the Washington Post today. This post is in three parts — first, some excerpts from The Post article, followed by tweets sent out by Paul Bruno in response, and then ending with some brief commentary and links. Here are excerpts from The Post article: The story goes on to say: The Southern Education Foundation reports that 51 percent of students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade were eligible for the federal free and reduced-price lunch program in the 2012-2013 school year. The lunch program is a rough proxy for poverty… Paul Bruno, who I respect a lot, followed up on the story with some tweets: Sigh. No. FRPL ≠ poverty.//Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty http://t.co/JJ9bCkfOfu — Paul Bruno (@MrPABruno) January 16, 2015   FRPL means ≤ 185% of the official poverty line. In 2013, eligibility for FRPL was set at $43,568 for a family of 4. http://t.co/muzXCnDl8t — Paul Bruno (@MrPABruno) January 16, 2015 @Larryferlazzo The discrepancy is just that FRPL eligibility allows incomes up to 185% of the official poverty line. — Paul Bruno (@MrPABruno) January 16, 2015   So, to sum up: the official child poverty rate in the US is ~20%. At the same time, ~50% of public school kids are eligible for FRPL. — Paul Bruno (@MrPABruno) January 16, 2015 My commentary: So, if you want to use the present federal definition of poverty, it is not accurate to say that a majority of schoolchildren live at that economic level. That’s not the whole story, though. There is a lot of research out there demonstrating — fairly convincingly, in my humble opinion, that the present poverty level definition is not truly based in reality. Here are some articles about that topic: Federal Poverty Line Doesn’t Adequately Reflect Cost Of Living In America, Analysis Finds is from The Huffington Post. The Real Numbers: Half of America in Poverty — and It’s Creeping Upward is from Alternet. So, I think Paul raises an important point. But, nevertheless, I suspect that the Post’s headline is true if you consider what the poverty deadlines should be. It would have been better, I think, if the Post had written a little more about the differences between free and reduced lunch eligibility and the official poverty level. I’m going to add this post to The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher & Outside Factors Have On Student Achievement. Update: Here are two tweets sent by an Ed Week reporter after I shared this post: @Larryferlazzo @MrPABruno It’s a question of colloquial use of “poverty” vs. federal definition. Actual analysis calls students “low-income” — Evie Blad (@EvieBlad) January 16, 2015 @MrPABruno @Larryferlazzo I used "low-income" in my post on the analysis. http://t.co/DTucs1sYMW — Evie Blad (@EvieBlad) January 16, 2015      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • The State Of The Union Address Takes Place Next Tuesday – Here Are Related Resources © 2011 Robert Couse-Baker, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio President Obama will deliver the annual State Of The Union address next Tuesday. You might find The Best (& Most Intriguing) Resources For Learning About The State Of The Union Message useful.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Two New Useful Videos On Justice, Race & Cultural Identity Here are two (really, three) videos from this week that could be very useful in the classroom. First off, here’s Gina Rodriguez’ acceptance speech at The Golden Globes Awards. You can find the transcript at BuzzFeed, and here’s an excerpt: For the stories that Americans have, I feel like there's a perception that people have about Latinos in America specifically — somebody growing up in Chicago, English being my first language, Spanish being my second — that we are perceived a very certain way. Our stories have been told, and they're not unmoralistic, you know, being a maid is fantastic. You know, I have many family members that have fed many of their families on doing that job, but there are other stories that need to be told. You may also be aware that the song, Glory, from the Selma movie also won a Golden Globe. Here are the lyrics, the first music video (which is particularly accessible to English Language Learners because it displays the lyrics) and then a second one that was just released a couple of days ago.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • The Best Resources About Inductive Learning & Teaching © 2011 Alan Levine, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio In the inductive process, students seek patterns and use them to identify their broader meanings and significance. In the deductive process, meanings or rules are given, and students have to then apply them. I’m a huge fan of using inductive learning, and plenty of research (which you’ll find in the resources on this list) document its effectiveness. I’ve written many posts about it, and thought it would be useful to bring together a few of my best ones, along with resources developed by others, that explain the inductive process and how to apply it in mainstream and English Language Learner classrooms (feel free to make suggestions of ones I’ve missed): The British Council has shared a short post that Paul Kaye wrote six years ago that does a great job explaining the difference between inductive and deductive, and he provides a number of practical examples from the language-learning classroom. Check out his article, Presenting New Language. Here are two British Council posts where I wrote about it: What Does Enhanced Discovery Learning Look Like In The ELL Classroom? The picture word inductive model I’ve written several posts at The New York Times explaining the concept: Ideas for English Language Learners | Labeling Photos, Sequencing Passages and More Learn About President Kennedy Using the Inductive Model Learning About New Year's Inductively Get Organized Around Assets is an article I wrote for ASCD Educational Leadership. It includes a section on teaching inductively. The Best Ways To Modify The Picture Word Inductive Model For ELLs More Info On Why Inductive Learning Is So Effective "How Google is teaching computers to see" — Inductively More Research Showing Why Inductive Learning Works The Picture Word Inductive Model In Science & Social Studies How to Teach an Inductive Learning Lesson is by Jennifer Gonzalez. Learning Inductively Works… Web 2.0 Tools For Beginning English Language Learners – "Padlet" Picture Word Inductive Model with High school Newcomers by Wendi Pillars is an exceptional step-by-step description of how to use one of my favorite ELL teaching strategies. "Thinking Like A Scientist Can Help Overcome Allure Of Appearances" Study Says Ability To Identify Patterns Key To Second Language Learning "Szoter" Will Become A Key Tool For ELL Students & Teachers "Thinglink" Could Be A Great Tool For ELL's What Can Teachers Learn From Target? "We Should Celebrate Mistakes" This Is The Best Lesson Plan On Punctuation I've Ever Read Is This The Most Important Research Study Of The Year? Maybe      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Quote Of The Day: “MLK's prophetic call for economic justice” MLK's prophetic call for economic justice is a column by Eugene Robinson in today’s Washington Post. Here’s how he concludes it: I’m adding this post to The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Must-Bookmark Site Comparing Web 2.0 Tools © 2007 Marc Levin, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Richard Byrne has been posting comparison charts of web tools performing specific tasks (for example, reviewing several quiz-creating sites). He’s just put all them together in one place, and you’ll for sure want to bookmark it. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn Web 2.0 Basics.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Additional Martin Luther King, Jr. Resources © 1963 The U.S. National Archives, Flickr | PD | via Wylio Here are new additions to an already very lengthy list of them at The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King: The Zinn Education Project has a great collection. The Guardian has a nice interactive on King’s I Have A Dream speech. 10 ways to be like Martin Luther King after Ferguson is from MSNBC. King’s Last March is from American RadioWorks. What Martin Luther King Jr. Was Like as a Child is from TIME. Four Resources for Exploring Media Literacy Through the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is from KQED.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •

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