Enough already with the reading wars
Back in the early 1990s, I worked for a year as a research assistant to a team of scholars — led...
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Tag: may 2022
A chronicle of Kappan’s coverage of the reading wars
As Ullin Leavell wrote in these pages, in December 1943, “reading ability is a premier skill basic...
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The breakfast of champions: Student surveys to sustain and cultivate teachers
A teacher’s feedback diet is incomplete without the perspectives of students.
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Teaching reading: Development and differentiation
Effective reading instruction must be flexible enough to address individual students’ needs, wherever they are in their literacy development.
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Toward a purpose-first model of postsecondary support
How can schools help students envision a rewarding future and a pathway to achieving it?
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Wanted: American educator
In the official trailer for “The Bounty Hunter,” the classic 1950s American western film, a...
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Kristin Conradi Smith recommends Transforming Literacy Education for Long-Term English Learners
Transforming Literacy Education for Long-Term English Learners: Recognizing Brilliance in the...
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Is forgive and forget the best policy?
For the last eight years, I’ve used this monthly column to analyze and (hopefully) explain the...
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Taking stock of the science of reading: A conversation with Amanda Goodwin
Past debates about reading instruction have been heated, but there’s a lot of consensus among...
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Are we paying attention to the right things?
At the beginning of this school year, when my 8th-grade son’s school district switched to a new...
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Let’s bring the art of deeper conversation into schools
As a speech pathologist, education lecturer, and mother of two school-age children, I greatly...
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Teaching for transfer can help young children read for understanding
To improve students’ reading comprehension, help them build their background knowledge. School...
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