Kappan Contributor: Douglas Fisher

Teach all standards

Apr 23, 2025 | Feature Article

It’s hard to get assessment right when you only teach some of the standards. Focusing on some, but not all, of the standards has a negative effect on students, especially those most at risk of school failure.

Let’s think about teacher-student relationships

Mar 17, 2016 | Learning on the EDge

Positive student-teacher relationships are more powerful than a lot of other things we do. Simply said, students don’t learn well from grown-ups they don’t like.

Improve reading with complex texts

Feb 1, 2015 | Feature Article

The Common Core’s call for deep reading of complex text isn’t just for middle and high school students. Children in lower grades also can benefit by taking on challenging texts — with the right scaffolding and teacher guidance.