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To Boost Learning, Weave Writing Activities Into Regular Instruction
Teaching writing can be a way of teaching, period.
Jul 25
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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
Jul 14
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Natalie Wexler
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June 2024
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
Jun 23
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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.
Jun 16
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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
Jun 2
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Natalie Wexler
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May 2024
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
May 22
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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
May 17
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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.
May 5
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Natalie Wexler
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April 2024
Will the Science of Reading Movement Become a Frankenstein's Monster?
An overwhelming focus on problems with phonics instruction and a shallow understanding of cognitive science have led to some unintended consequences.
Apr 14
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Natalie Wexler
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March 2024
Is Lucy Calkins Really a Proponent of "Direct, Explicit Instruction"?
That's what she claims, but the lessons in her curriculum don't bear that out.
Mar 27
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Natalie Wexler
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How to Make the Dream of Education Equity (or Most of It) a Reality
Studies on the effects of tutoring--by humans or computers--point to ways to improve regular classroom instruction.
Mar 18
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Natalie Wexler
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How to Make the Dream of Education Equity (or Most of It) a Reality
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February 2024
Literacy Experts Say Some EdReports Ratings Are Misleading
Reviewers are giving some bloated basal readers top marks while failing to put a seal of approval on at least one effective curriculum
Feb 27
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Natalie Wexler
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Literacy Experts Say Some EdReports Ratings Are Misleading
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