
Research and Reflections
Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.
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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

Is it Possible to Use Personalized Learning to Accelerate Students’ Literacy Outcomes in the Time of COVID?

Two Facts: We Are Better Together, And We Can Do Hard Things

How Honestly Willing Are We to Create Equitable Opportunities and Experiences for All Students?

Growing Your Craft, Virtually!

Why Teaching Justice Through Reading & Writing Cannot Wait

You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What?

Digital Coaching Menus Bring the Professional Learning Principles To Life

What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Designing for Equity (Teachers as Designers)

Finding the Courage to Teach Texts Outside Your Comfort Zone (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Creating a Culture of Shared Norms and High Expectations in Your Classroom (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Say “Author” (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

How Does Education Research Relate to My Practice?

My Experience with Teachers College Units of Study


Top Posts of 2019

For the Love of Learning

2019 Blog Contest

A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments

Striving for Foundational Excellence


Professional Learning Design 101


Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?

Strong Materials in the Hands of Great Teachers

On Curriculum: How Pinterest and TpT Exacerbate Inequity

Designing a Holistic Learning Experience


Social Emotional Learning and Academic Content: A Natural Pairing


A Switch to Standards-Based Learning


Top Blog Posts of 2018


Effective Reading Instruction

Observing Reading Foundational Skills Instruction

Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing

Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice

Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction

Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction

Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners

Considering Reading Instruction with the End in Mind

Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating


To Write or Not to Write. There is No Question!

The Role of Educators in Summative Assessment: The Life Cycle of a Question

Compelling Digital Lessons for English Learners

How much time do you need to create a foundation for literacy?

5 Concerns about Inquiry-Based Learning–Answered

A Visit to Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary School

Welding Literacy into Scientific Instruction

How to Select Math Intervention Content

Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students

Supporting Our Youngest Readers: Teaching the Skills of Reading

Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs


Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work

Emerging Effects from CCSS


3 Steps to Engage Students in Research Writing

Four Best Practices for the Math Classroom

Designing Effective Homework

High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level


The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction

Supporting Excellence: Real Support for Teachers Starts With the District’s Curriculum

Piloting the Instructional Practice Toolkit

Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals as an Educator

Building Teacher Confidence through Content-Infused PD

I have an assessment dream: Leading to conquer the big, bad ELA test

“We’re the best. Just trust us!”

8 Questions About High School Math and STEM

Limiting “Teacher Talk,” Increasing Student Work!


STEM Integration in Algebra: A Bridge to Opportunity

At the Foundation of Foundational Skills: Structured Phonics

Forming a United Whole – The Coherence Map

The Wild West of Open Literacy Materials

Lessons Learned after Teaching without a Textbook


Designing Classroom Libraries that Build Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Engagement


Determining Reading Fluency


What is Reading Fluency?
