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Reading Dec 5, 2010

Standards and Accountability

The standards-based movement has ushered in a new era of accountability in public education with all of its attendant problems and teachers may be the ones…

Reading Aug 3, 2010

Why and How to Teach Complex Text

A growing body of research presents a challenge to current K-12 reading/English-language Arts instruction. In essence, we need to “up” the level of text complexity and…

Grammar & Mechanics Jul 26, 2010

Why ELA Teachers Burn Out

Teacher burn-out is real. We begin with high expectations of ourselves and idealism; however, after a few years the drudgery sets in. ELA teachers seem to…