...and are bound to change yours, too, if you're into that kind of thing. But seriously, I have learned more about education, literacy, and school policy in the last five years than I have my whole teaching career (which, in all honestly, is less than two decades long). This explosion of learning and new thinking… Continue reading Texts That Have Changed My Thinking…
The F Word
There is a new "f" word being tossed around a lot among my colleagues these days, and its cringe-worthiness is tantamount to that "other" f word that some of us have been known to utter once or twice [daily]: fidelity. I would count myself as one of the "cringers" whenever the word fidelity is uttered, even when… Continue reading The F Word
Why Scripted Reading Programs Are Like Crack
It's a wobbly analogy, but still. In trying to help the teachers at my school feel a little less overwhelmed by their efforts to differentiate their instruction, their content, their assessment, and their everything else, a kind but (in my opinion) misguided former special education teacher offered her take on the situation. "The teachers at… Continue reading Why Scripted Reading Programs Are Like Crack
Collaboration is Key
Let's not fool ourselves: it can be difficult to find the time to collaborate with others about our work. I was part of a pretty tight group of graduate students in the reading program at UNH a couple of years ago, and we swore to each other that we would keep in touch and regularly… Continue reading Collaboration is Key
My So-Called Literacy Life 