Literacy
Children Should be Seen AND Heard
The Great Gatsby, 1984, Little Women, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Scarlet Letter,…
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The Science of Reading as a Literacy for All Campaign
I have always considered myself to be a strong reading advocate. I started my…
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How the Text Analysis Toolkit Expands Both Teaching and Learning in Classrooms
Here at Student Achievement Partners, we work alongside colleagues and educators from around the…
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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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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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Diverse Texts: Are We “Leveraging” Them or Squandering Them?
Making the case for diverse, complex texts As an instructional coach, I get to…
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