Tag: literacy
California’s Commitment: Literacy, Biliteracy, and Libraries
I have only one critical comment about California’s Secretary of Education Thurmond’s task force report, “California Commits to Literacy and Bets on Biliteracy,” but...
Getting Kids to Listen
The current boom in podcasting has captured public attention for a variety of reasons, from the nostalgic reference to radio shows of the pre-TV...
Reading Is the Answer
COVID-19 Impacts Children’s Literacy For the past year and a half, instead of heading to the school bus stop and socializing before classes, students...
COVID’s Literacy Fallout
The metaphor “summer slide” has been used for decades to describe the essential skills that children lose over the summer when they’re out of...
California Commits to Literacy Target and Bets on Biliteracy
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has announced an initiative to ensure that not only will every student learn to read by...
Rumi in the Language Classroom: Misscaffolding
Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 8
See Vol 1 hereSee Vol 2 hereSee Vol 3 hereSee Vol 4 hereSee Vol 5 hereSee Vol 6...
Using Evidence to Overcome Adversity
We are currently in the midst of an education crisis. Given the magnitude of the issues we’ve faced over the last year, it would...
Michigan Moves on Preschool for All
As President Biden’s American Families Plan meets opposition in Congress, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer is moving forward with a $400 million dollar plan to...
Study Shows Preschool Boosts Graduation Rates
New research shows that attending a Boston public preschool led to positive long-term impacts on educational attainment as attendees were more likely to graduate...
Preschoolers Continue to Lose Learning Opportunities from Pandemic
Children from 3 to 5 years of age have lost important learning opportunities due to the pandemic, according to a nationwide survey by the...
