How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...
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It’s Not Too Late to Read That Entire Book With Your Students
When former educator Danielle Bayard Jackson was called into the principal’s office, she was told to stop reading whole books with her students. She was advised to focus on chapters and summaries ...
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Spelling software boosts Indiana students’ reading abilities
Reading scores for Indiana’s grade school students have reflected below average readiness levels on the state’s recent achievement tests. Educators said a software program in some schools is making a ...
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Literacy as a Family: Practical Tips for Bringing Reading and Writing into Daily Life
An expert on reimagining schooled literacy practices, Kelly C. Johnston, Ph.D., associate professor in Baylor University’s ...