Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 30, 2019
The reality is that students enter our classrooms with varied skillsets and prior knowledge. If teachers assess their students’ knowledge before diving into an explanation, lesson, or unit, they might be surprised by the wealth of experience and information that students bring into the classroom. Two Minute Talks.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 28, 2023
If we wish to see continued success, we will need to use everything the science of reading has taught us and provide students with a healthy diet of explicit literacy instruction that includes foundational skills like decoding, in addition to building content knowledge and higher-order comprehension strategies.
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eSchool News
DECEMBER 15, 2023
In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading.
eSchool News
APRIL 7, 2021
Only 11 states currently verify that all teacher candidates planning to teach either elementary or special education have learned the most effective methods for teaching children how to read–arguably the most important skill these teachers need, according to new data from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).
eSchool News
MAY 22, 2025
In fact, research shows that math scores predict future earnings better than reading scores. Early math skills also predict student success in other subjects like reading and science. This is particularly troubling given that students with higher math scores tend to earn higher incomes as adults.
eSchool News
MAY 8, 2025
That means students this year did not need to achieve the same mastery of knowledge and skills as kids in previous years. The result: A student can satisfy the states four-credit math graduation requirement with only the knowledge of two levels of math. Fortunately, there are states we can look to for guidance.
eSchool News
MARCH 11, 2024
In short, according to the National Center on Improving Literacy , the science of reading is “research, over time, from multiple fields of study using methods that confirm and disconfirm theories on how children best learn to read.” Here are 4 simple steps to help educators begin implementing the science of reading.
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