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To Boost Learning, Weave Writing Activities Into Regular Instruction
Teaching writing can be a way of teaching, period.
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Natalie Wexler
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Clearing Up Misconceptions about "Building Knowledge"
Some science-of-reading advocates assume it means rejecting any comprehension strategy instruction
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Natalie Wexler
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Letting a Thousand Educational Flowers Bloom
A new book argues for a pluralistic approach that sounds appealing but could lead to even more problems than we have now
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Natalie Wexler
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A Curriculum Tempest in a Texas-Sized Teapot
The state could avoid controversy and improve a proposed elementary curriculum by making some modest changes to its accounts of Bible stories.
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Natalie Wexler
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The College Kids Are Not All Right
Reports from professors point to an alarming decline in cognitive capabilities, even at selective institutions
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Natalie Wexler
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Fordham Brief Calls for an End to Reading Comprehension Instruction
While it provides a useful primer on flaws in the standard approach, it overlooks a role for strategy instruction
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Natalie Wexler
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How to Help Older Students Who Struggle to Read
Many students above third grade need help deciphering words with multiple syllables
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Natalie Wexler
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AI-Generated Summaries Are a Problem--for Authors and Society as a Whole
If students and general readers rely on simplified and inaccurate versions of texts, they'll miss a lot.
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Natalie Wexler
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A newsletter about education, cognitive science, and fairness from Natalie Wexler, author of The Knowledge Gap.
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