Forty years ago, Americans learned of A Nation at Risk, the troubling and mostly bogus report by the Reagan administration claiming public schools and teachers failed to produce students who were … Read More
Grade Retention is Unnecessary!
Studies have linked dropout rates in Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina to the effects of grade retention, student discouragement, and school exclusion policies stimulated … Read More
Where’s Evidence from The Reading League’s Corporate Sponsors?
The Reading League, which promotes the Science of Reading and evidence-based instruction, recently had a conference sponsored by companies (listed below) selling reading programs and materials, … Read More
How PICTURE Books Help TEACH Comprehension and Phonics!
When he looks at the pictures, he'll get so excited he'll want to draw one of his own. He'll ask for paper and crayons. ~Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond. If You Give A Mouse a … Read More
Raising the Bar on Kindergartners: A Nation at Risk Lives On
History is not kind to idlers. ~The Reagan administration's A Nation at Risk (1983, p.7) In What Happened to Recess and Why are our Children Struggling in Kindergarten, Susan Ohanian writes about … Read More