“…the ability to ask questions …leads to new ideas, new inventions, and better solutions. Learning how to ask questions also leads to improved learning outcomes, greater student engagement, and more ownership of the learning process.” (pg.ix)....

Do you agree with this quote from Lynn Fielding?

I know one thing we can all agree on: There is no shortage of assessments taking place in schools! DIBELS, DRA, DDM's, Benchmark Assessment, MAP, ANET, MCAS, ACCESS, PARCC., etc..........sound familiar? ...

Miller reminds us of the major challenges that first-generation and low-income students face when they enter college...

Hoeft and her colleagues have been conducting longitudinal studies looking at the basic neuroscience of reading development. They have found that the one thing that consistently predicted how well a child would learn to read was the growth of white matter in one specific area of the brain – the left temporoparietal region. The amount of white matter that a child arrived with in kindergarten didn’t make a difference, but the change in volume between kindergarten and third grade did....

Writing Disabilities: An Overview by Charles MacArthur offers an excellent summary of why some kids struggle with writing (especially those with learning disabilities), and how some instructional practices can help. MacArthur was part of the panel that wrote “Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers”, an Educator’s Practice Guide published by Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education....

The article is based on his new book Raising Kids Who Read, which I decided to purchase after reading the article. In both pieces, Willingham addresses the challenge for parents and teachers to get children, especially teens, to read more....

W#4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.....

We’re all used to seeing children’s book in waiting rooms at doctors’ offices, but the barbershop?...