Sitemap - 2024 - Minding the Gap

Is Lucy Calkins a "Scapegoat" for America's Reading Crisis?

The Writing Effect

Do We Need to Teach Comprehension Strategies Explicitly?

Bringing Politics into the Classroom

Want Students to Be Good Speakers? Teach Them to Write

Clearing Up Misconceptions About "the Baseball Study"

A Recipe for Student Success Glosses Over a Key Ingredient

Should I Stop Writing About Education?

Beyond Reading Comprehension Strategies

Many Students Struggle to Read Beyond Third Grade

New Reports Suggest Schools Can Boost Social Mobility

What's Washington, DC? Who's Thomas Jefferson? Tough Questions.

Uncovering the "Hidden Lives" of Learners

"Luxury Beliefs" in Education Hold Many Students Back

To Boost Learning, Weave Writing Activities Into Regular Instruction

Clearing Up Misconceptions about "Building Knowledge"

Letting a Thousand Educational Flowers Bloom

A Curriculum Tempest in a Texas-Sized Teapot

The College Kids Are Not All Right

Fordham Brief Calls for an End to Reading Comprehension Instruction

How to Help Older Students Who Struggle to Read

AI-Generated Summaries Are a Problem--for Authors and Society as a Whole

Will the Science of Reading Movement Become a Frankenstein's Monster?

Is Lucy Calkins Really a Proponent of "Direct, Explicit Instruction"?

How to Make the Dream of Education Equity (or Most of It) a Reality

Literacy Experts Say Some EdReports Ratings Are Misleading

More People Should Know About the Bookworms Literacy Curriculum

Shaker Heights Offers a Lesson in the Limits of Integration

Could Debate Help Struggling Students Succeed?