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Why Grammar Doesn’t Stick
You see, my colleague is not convinced by the research that purportedly indicates that direct grammar instruction has no impact on student acquisition of language skills.…
Reading Intervention Programs
Traditional reading intervention program publishers have the resources to ensure that most school districts adopt factory-produced, repackaged materials that are not written by reading teachers. Following…
CCSS Language Progressive Skills Standards
The Language Strand has been one of the most controversial components of the COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERACY IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES,…
Common Core Essay Writing Terms
I propose using the CCSS language of instruction for the key writing terms across all subject disciplines in elementary, middle school, and high school. Some of…
The Problem with Dialectical Journals
Dialectical journals have been teacher favorites since literature-based reading pedagogy was popularized in the 1980s. However, this reader-centered instruction creates more problems than it solves. In…
Community College Reading Programs
Increased enrollment in our community colleges has created an economic double-whammy for both hard-pressed state budgets and for community colleges themselves. An increasingly key factor in…
Why D.O.L. Does Not Transfer to Writing
Psychologists and educational theorists have developed learning theories to explain how new learning and skills are most efficiently mastered and best transfer to other academic activities.…
Secondary Reading Program Placement
No matter which school-wide model of reading intervention is used at the middle or high school levels, the problem of proper reading placement is common to…