Synergy between College and Career Readiness Standards-Aligned Instruction and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Synergy between College and Career Readiness Standards-Aligned Instruction and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Synergy between College and Career Readiness Standards-Aligned Instruction and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 05/16/23, Dr. Amanda Hill-Hennie
Children Should be Seen AND Heard Dismantling racism in the ELA curriculum so all children feel valued 05/12/23, Dr. Tamora McConnell
Part 3 High-Quality Curriculum Raised the Bar, But Not High Enough What we miss when we narrowly define what “high-quality” means in instructional materials 01/11/23, Adrienne Williams
Research-based AND Responsive Putting the science of reading to work for the kids in front of you 01/04/23, Catlin Goodrow
Part 2 Constantly Shifting Practice How the Shifts of the Common Core changed instruction and still missed the mark 12/15/22, Katie Keown
Part 1 The Stories We Were Sold: Reflections on Knowing Better, Doing Better in Education 12/08/22, Carey Swanson
Developing Language and Literacy With Children’s Literature and Through the Lens of a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Why children’s literature fosters a culturally sustaining pedagogy 12/06/22, Jennifer Benitez
We’ve Come a Long Way, Fast How Technology is Shaping the Modern Classroom in Unseen Ways 12/01/22, Zak Cohen
Learning From Mistakes: Easier Said Than Done How can you turn mistake-making into mistake-learning in your classroom? 02/04/22, Zak Cohen
Helping Our Students See Themselves and the World Through the Books They Read in Our Classrooms The impact of text selection on students 09/01/21, Sheeba Jacob
“SCCANning” Your Library for Culturally Relevant Books A method for ensuring ALL students see themselves in books 07/09/21, Kristine W. Woods, Ed.D.
Part 1 The Power of Representation in Culturally Relevant Texts Celebrating children of color in the classroom 06/22/21, Felecia Branch
You Can’t Tackle Culturally Responsive Teaching Without Addressing Teacher Language Ideologies Social justice work in the classroom begins by examining our beliefs about language. 06/14/21, Dr. Lillian Ardell
Why A Skills-Based Approach Is Failing Students in Reading A reflection on Natalie Wexler’s The Knowledge Gap 06/10/21, Kimberly Sarfde
Let’s Not Make Power ELA/Literacy Standards and Talk About Why We Didn’t Concerns about the effect of "power standards" on student learning 05/07/21, Kate Crist, Torrey Palmer
What the Data Can’t Tell Us Concerns about summative assessment in a pandemic year 03/25/21, Katie Keown, Astrid Fossum, Jun Li, John Young
Transforming Literacy Instruction An opportunity to equitably accelerate students’ literacy development 03/03/21, Amy Briggs
Part null Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School Rethinking how we define “text” to engage older students and accelerate learning 10/16/20, Jenni Aberli, Lauren Trahan
Part 2 What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning? What educators should consider when selecting or using personalized learning approaches to accelerate literacy outcomes 10/09/20, Meredith Liben, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D., Susan Pimentel
Part 1 Is it Possible to Use Personalized Learning to Accelerate Students’ Literacy Outcomes in the Time of COVID? Examining the research base 10/06/20, Meredith Liben, Tanji Reed Marshall, Susan Pimentel
Part null Why Teaching Justice Through Reading & Writing Cannot Wait How teachers can enact change and combat racism through purposeful discussions and literary curricula 06/14/20, Yvonne Thompson
Part null You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What? Guidance on facilitating classroom lessons and discussions that push student thinking 06/11/20, Keenan W. Lee, M. Ed
Part null Digital Coaching Menus Bring the Professional Learning Principles To Life Designing effective coaching sessions that reflect teacher needs 05/14/20, Kenny McKee
Part null What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum Recommendations for how to search for a new ELA/literacy program 04/03/20, Student Achievement Partners
Part null How Does Education Research Relate to My Practice? Is your reading program working? What can you do to improve it? 02/14/20, Tori Filler, Carey Swanson
Part null My Experience with Teachers College Units of Study A veteran teacher explains the strengths and weakness of the program based on her experience 02/06/20, MJ D’Amelio
Part null Tidying Up Instructional Routines for Whole-Class Reading and Writing 01/22/20, Jon Gustafson
Part null For the Love of Learning How a focus on building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction can enrich ELA instruction and engage learners 12/08/19, Carey Swanson
Part null A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments A Framework for Text Complexity in ELA and Reading 11/08/19, Katie Keown
Part null Professional Learning Design 101 How to Craft a Meaningful Professional Learning Experience for a Room Full of Strangers 08/16/19, Carrie Rosebrock
Part null Professional Learning is Personal Learning Requires Trust, Especially for Teachers 08/09/19, Carrie Rosebrock
Part null Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers? Support for educators serving English Learners 07/26/19, Renae Skarin
Part null Strong Materials in the Hands of Great Teachers A year of school visits highlights what makes curriculum work 07/07/19, Barbara Davidson, Susan Pimentel
Part null On Curriculum: How Pinterest and TpT Exacerbate Inequity The danger of fragmented materials and the power of a cohesive, knowledge-building ELA curriculum 06/26/19, Jon Gustafson
Part null On Your Side to Beat the Summer Slide Ways to Partner with Your Local Public Library 05/24/19, Jenci Spradlin
Part null Top Blog Posts of 2018 Here are our top 25 most-visited posts of 2018. 12/20/18, Student Achievement Partners
Part null We’re Bullish on Bookworms A reflection on the free Bookworms ELA curriculum for K-5 12/10/18, David Liben, Meredith Liben, Sue Pimentel
Part null Effective Reading Instruction Why a text-centered approach, instead of a strategies-based approach, is more effective 11/16/18, Meredith Liben, Sue Pimentel
Part null Observing Reading Foundational Skills Instruction Introducing a new tool to observe the components of foundational skills instruction 10/23/18, Carey Swanson
Part 1 Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing Why aren’t students successful writers and what can teachers do to help? 10/09/18, Zackory Kirk
Part null Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice An overview of the Instructional Practice Guide suite of tools 09/19/18, Destiny Eldridge, April Pforts
Part null Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction Why instructional practice should be at the heart of all instructional materials decisions 08/20/18, Sandra Alberti
Part null Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction Exploring the updates to the Instructional Practice Guide 08/15/18, Lisa Goldschmidt
Part null Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners Strategic selection and organization of questions can be a scaffold that helps English learners grapple with highly complex questions. 08/01/18, Claire Rivero
Part null Considering Reading Instruction with the End in Mind Meet students not only where they are, but also where they're going. 07/30/18, Carey Swanson
Part 1 To Write or Not to Write. There is No Question! The benefits of integrating reading and writing practice 05/07/18, Dr. Deborah Glaser
Part null The Role of Educators in Summative Assessment: The Life Cycle of a Question An inside look at the development of summative assessments 05/02/18, Laura Hansen
Part null Compelling Digital Lessons for English Learners How to use the free WriteReader app to support English Language Learners 04/17/18, Astrid Emily Francis
Part 4 How much time do you need to create a foundation for literacy? One coach’s reflection on increasing the foundational skills block 03/21/18, Lauren Hurley Wilson
Part null A Visit to Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary School Though this literacy program uses leveled readers, it focuses on building knowledge through topic-based units and ensures students are not limited to a single reading level 02/28/18, Barbara Davidson, David Liben
Part null Welding Literacy into Scientific Instruction An experienced educator provides a literacy protocol for interpreting scientific complex texts. 02/20/18, Leslie Annette Birdon
Part 2 Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students How Wit & Wisdom Supports English Language Learners 01/19/18, Sarah Webb
Part 2 Supporting Our Youngest Readers: Teaching the Skills of Reading Why using decodable readers can be powerful 01/12/18, Carey Swanson
Part null Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content 12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost
Part null The Many Positive Uses for Assessment Three ways to use assessment for good 11/15/17, Rob Woodworth
Part null 3 Steps to Engage Students in Research Writing A high school teacher shares concrete suggestions for sparking curiosity and stimulating quality research questions 11/09/17, Hattie Maguire
Part null Designing Effective Homework Best practices for creating homework that raises student achievement 10/13/17, Claire Rivero
Part null High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level An interdisciplinary PLC develops common strategies and rubrics to support student writing. 10/11/17, Mary Burt
Part null Instead of…Try This Avoid common pitfalls in the ELA classroom with these strategies 10/03/17, Andrea Raines
Part null The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction Learn how the Instructional Practice Toolkit can help teachers make connections between planning, instruction, and student outcomes. 09/22/17, Rachel Etienne
Part null Supporting Excellence: Real Support for Teachers Starts With the District’s Curriculum A new framework for developing and implementing clear district-wide support for teaching and learning 08/24/17, Ricki Price-Baugh
Part null Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals as an Educator See how using this goal-setting structure can help you achieve content-focused goals during the school year 08/11/17, Susan Hitt
Part null Building Teacher Confidence through Content-Infused PD Working with teachers to improve their understanding and use of curricular materials 08/03/17, Andrea Raines
Part null I have an assessment dream: Leading to conquer the big, bad ELA test A curriculum director explains how to help educators see the potential of aligned assessment 05/31/17, Bryan Drost
Part null “We’re the best. Just trust us!” Finding unbiased information about instructional materials. 05/30/17, Janelle Fann
Part null What Really Counts When We Teach? What should we look for in powerful classrooms? 04/18/17, Alan Schoenfeld
Limiting “Teacher Talk,” Increasing Student Work! A team of teachers share strategies to increase student ownership in literacy 03/26/17, Tori Filler
Part 1 At the Foundation of Foundational Skills: Structured Phonics Learn how structured phonics instruction is critical to literacy development and a necessary part of an ELA curriculum 03/17/17, Carey Swanson
Part null The Wild West of Open Literacy Materials Identifying and using high-quality, ELA Open Educational Resources successfully 02/21/17, Sarah Tierney, Tracey Waters
Part null What Do They Actually Know? Using mini-assessments to break free of the norm 01/23/17, Rob Woodworth
Part null Designing Classroom Libraries that Build Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Engagement The benefits of topic-based independent reading on student motivation 01/05/17, Carey Swanson
Part 3 Determining Reading Fluency Learn how to determine a student’s current reading fluency level and pinpoint problems impeding students from becoming fluent readers 11/09/16, David Liben, David D. Paige
Part 2 Building Reading Fluency Four classroom strategies that can help build fluent readers 10/28/16, David Liben, David D. Paige
Part 1 What is Reading Fluency? Literacy experts David Liben and David Paige explain the characteristics of reading fluency 10/21/16, David Liben, David D. Paige
Part null Introduction to Argument Writing A long-time middle school teacher and writing expert explains how to design strong writing instruction 10/14/16, Joey Hawkins
Part null Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET New training modules on the IMET’s Non-Negotiables and Alignment Criteria 10/12/16, Student Achievement Partners
Part 2 Adapting Journeys Common Core A veteran Journeys user shares recommendations to improve basal lessons and better support teachers and students. 09/07/16, Karen Vogelsang
Part 2 Piloting New Curriculum Options with Educators Learn about OUSD’s piloting process and find out what teachers thought of three popular ELA/literacy programs 09/01/16, Student Achievement Partners
Part null Lessons from the Fordham Assessment Review One of the reviewers explains how the assessment review was conducted and what the findings mean for educators and students. 08/23/16, Amy Youngblood
Part null Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts Strategies to scaffold instruction of Standards-aligned, complex texts 08/17/16, Carey Swanson
Part null Sitting Beside the Learner: The ‘Me’ in Assessments Common Core-aligned assessments must capitalize on teacher-student relationships 08/15/16, Bryan Drost
Part 2 Designing a New ELA Curriculum How Core Knowledge is different than other curriculum options 05/03/16, Linda Bevilacqua