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Q & A Collections: Best Ways To Begin & End The School Year

By Larry Ferlazzo — July 14, 2016 2 min read
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I’ll begin posting new questions and answers in late August, and during the summer will be sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past five years. You can see all those collections from the first four years here.

Here are the ones I’ve posted so far:

This Year’s Most Popular Q & A Posts!

Classroom Management Advice

Student Motivation & Social Emotional Learning

Implementing The Common Core

Race & Gender Challenges

Today’s theme is “Best Ways To Begin & End The School Year.” You can see the list following this excerpt from one of them:

* Giving Students ‘a Place to Belong’ When Starting a School Year

Tricia Ebarvia, Maia Heyck-Merlin, Debbie Diller, Erik M. Francis, Jennifer Orr write about their experiences and recommendations in this fourth and final post on ways to successfully begin a new school year.

* Begin the New School Year With a Positive ‘Mindset’

Jen Schwanke, Kevin Scott, Pia Lindquist Wong, and Otis Kriegel provide their ideas on good ways to begin a new school year.

* Starting the New Year by ‘Building Relationships’

Jeryl-Ann Asaro, Anabel Gonzalez, Karen Nemeth, Kristina J. Doubet, Jessica A. Hockett, Stephen Lazar, and Timothy D. Walker contribute their ideas on the best ways to begin a new school year.

* Ways ‘to Launch a Successful Year With Students’

Roxanna Elden, Dave Stuart Jr., Ekuwah Moses, Matt Wachel , Pam Allyn, and Kevin Parr offer suggestions on how to start a new school year on the right foot.

* “A Good Beginning is More Than Half of the Whole”

Author/educators Joanne Rooney, Harry and Rosemary Wong, and Peggy Campbell-Rush provide their suggestions on how to start a new school year well.

* Ways To Start Off The New Year On A Positive Note

This post is a special guest response from author and educator Julia Thompson.

* Several Ways to Get the New Year Off to a Good Start -- Part One

Two of the best thinkers and writers on education issues today, Rick Wormeli and Roxanna Elden, respond to this issue.

* Several Ways Teachers & Parents Can Start The New Year Well -- Part Two

Teachers Neil Wetherbee, Marsha Ratzel,Jessica Lahey, and Robyn Shulman share their suggestions.

* Don’t Wait Until Christmas To Smile

Author/educators Annette Breaux and Neila A. Connors contribute their thoughts.

* Ways to Use Class Time During the Last Two Weeks Of School

This post offers suggestions from two exceptional teacher authors: Roxanna Elden and Donalyn Miller.

* Ideas for the Last Two Weeks of School -- Part Two

This piece includes responses from three great educators: Chris Wejr, Alice Mercer and Bill Ivey.

I hope you’ve found this summary useful and, again, keep those questions coming!

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