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What is the one question we never ask our new students?
The start of every year brings a new influx of students. They all have certain things in common: They have not progressed in reading and/or
Running Records: Results of a brief survey (spoiler: they’re unpopular if you haven’t drunk the balanced literacy Kool Aid)
Last week I sought information from teachers about being mandated to use Running Records for assessment and reporting. This followed an article I wrote about
Rethinking Running Records: Ammunition and armour in the battle for better literacy
Taking steps to improve the quality of instruction so that all children progress appropriately towards literacy is not a job for the faint-hearted. Yet my
“Hey Smartass!” No one gets to mess with my market share!
This just in from a slightly panicked vendor of teaching resources: Hi everyone! I’ve been asked to coin a derogatory term for my detractors to
“Hey Dumbass!” The marketing problem in the Reading Wars
A report on Dr. Steven Dykstra’s talk at The Reading League Third Annual Conference in Syracuse on October 19th 2019. In his biographical notes on
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Part One of The Reading League 2019 conference debrief
That was the cry of the 900+ educators from all over the world who converged in Syracuse, New York this week for The Reading League’s