Elementary School
Text Complexity is…well…complex!
Shifting perspectives about high-interest, low-level texts. I began my educational journey as a second-grade…
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High-Quality Curriculum Raised the Bar, But Not High Enough
What we miss when we narrowly define what “high-quality” means in instructional materials When…
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Using Math Milestones to Activate Student Agency
As the district math coordinator in a school district in Northern California with about…
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Research-based AND Responsive
Putting the science of reading to work for the kids in front of you…
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Constantly Shifting Practice
How the Shifts of the Common Core changed instruction and still missed the mark…
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The Stories We Were Sold: Reflections on Knowing Better, Doing Better in Education
Over the past month or so, the podcast Sold a…
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Developing Language and Literacy With Children’s Literature and Through the Lens of a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
Why children’s literature fosters a culturally sustaining pedagogy I no longer have a classroom…
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We’ve Come a Long Way, Fast
How Technology is Shaping the Modern Classroom in Unseen Ways My first year in…
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