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Should Reading Be So Hard?
Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Instruction, Administrators, Teachers, Home School, Special Education, Experts, Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist,
With the drudgery of some reading programs which employ rote tasks that aren't applicable to authentic and meaningful textual experiences, I fear that we make reading much harder for kids than it should be... (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Speaking Out Against Graduation Exams
Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Math, Assessments, Administrators, Teachers, Special Education, Experts, Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn,
Educators and school board members alike are speaking out against the proposed graduation exam requirements in Pennsylvania. With the number of benchmark assessments on the rise across the country, there are many who feel that assessments are the only way to hold both teachers and students accountable for their learning. But in Pennsylvania, they disagree. (0) Comments • Permalink
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a….Reading Teacher?!
Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading, Instruction, Teachers, Home School, Experts, Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist,
According to a New York Times article, "Superman Finds New Fans Among Reading Instructors," the Maryland State Department of Education is planning on expanding a literacy program which employs comic books as part of its curriculum after seeing positive results in a pilot program... (2) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
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