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Online Education Blog – LetGoLearn.comFriday, February 15, 2008Resolution for the Year of the RatLet us hold on to our promises to kids – for California, to really make this the “Year of Education,” for the U.K. to encourage others to make this the “National Year of Reading” – and stop for a moment and make a resolution to see education as something beyond the books, classroom lessons, and homework assignments – to see the face of real children whose lives affect us and are affected by us. Let’s make this year, perhaps this era, one for the prosperity of our children and youth.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 08:35 PM. Filed under: Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • Response to Intervention: What You Need to KnowWhatever your political leanings may be, you can probably see the argument that NCLB has in many ways been good for low-achieving students. Titles 1 & 3, among others, have channeled funds directly toward students who need help, whether during the day or after school. An outgrowth of the focus on low-achieving kids has been a movement to systematize and structure the types of interventions schools offer for such students. This process has been codified in what is termed "Response to Intervention," or RtI.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:01 PM. Filed under: Reading • Assessments • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Special Education • Experts • Richard D. McCallum, Ph.D. • Wednesday, February 13, 2008Alternate Materials: Engaging the Reluctant ReaderWhen it comes down to it, whether our kids are reading "the classics" or Sports Illustrated for Kids shouldn't be our greatest concern. Really, the question is whether they are reading at all. And if we can find materials to engage them, they will!Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 08:32 PM. Filed under: Reading • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Monday, February 04, 2008Freedom WritersAs I see it, when kids truly want to learn something - especially from curricula that encourage them to deal with real life issues like race and violence, while helping them develop strong enough literacy skills to make it to college - we do them more of a disservice by not allowing them to explore those materials.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 12:57 PM. Filed under: Reading • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Paolo Martin, Reading Specialist • Page 1 of 1 pages
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