500 years ago, Christian Spain taught Muslims Castilian to help them become accepted Christians. Yet even those who learned the language remained suspect. My latest post explores what this history reveals about language education today. educationallinguist.substack.com/p/how-christ...

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“The faster one goes, the fewer details one can observe…one of the prime concerns usually is that certain materials be ‘covered.’ Unfortunately, a teacher who is primarily concerned with covering material, usually does it so efficiently that the students can never find it….” (🔥🔥)

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1. I'm walking into school on Monday with several students I'm going to use the 2x10 strategy with—it's gold. (Especially in October!) 2. Listening to this episode/reflecting on your classroom is about as good as it gets when it comes to PD. (Especially in October!)

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A few dozen acrylic keychains got students talking about books and boosted their school's culture of reading, says library media specialist Carsyn Smothers. 🔑 📚 Here's how to adopt this initiative in your school!

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"Teaching, too, is an act of sustaining. It keeps something alive." Fantastic read that dropped in the inbox today from @briansztabnik.bsky.social—exactly what I needed this Sunday afternoon muchadoaboutteaching.com/teach-to-kee...

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