American Federation of Teachers New Jersey, AFL-CIO

By way of an executive order, President Joe Biden on Jan. 20 terminated the 1776 Commission, and its controversial report has been removed from the White House website.

The report — released in the final days of President Donald Trump’s term — was intended to be used as a resource for teaching “patriotic education” in classrooms nationwide.…

In their new book, “Reading & Writing With English Learners: A Framework for K-5,” authors Valentina Gonzalez and Melinda Miller write about some of their favorite instructional strategies.

One is QSSSA (question, signal, stem, share, assess), which they say “ensures total participation.” 

“QSSSA supports English learners as they work with peers in a group, listen to each other’s responses, and give their own responses,” they explain in an interview with Education Week’s Larry Ferlazzo.…

In his wide-ranging inaugural address, President Joe Biden on Jan. 20 talked about achieving “great things, important things” through unity, among them to “teach our children in safe schools,” as well as overcome the coronavirus, rebuild the middle class and deliver racial justice.

“My fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us, we’re going to need each other,” Biden said.…