Yesterday, I opened a conversation about the roles that assessment and intervention play in attending to the needs of struggling…
When we first meet a reluctant or struggling reader, sometimes our first impulse is to act in service to this…
I’m wondering what the unintended consequences might be of mandating the removal of any one of these parts from…
When we’re paying attention, we learn things about our students that we’ve never considered before. Over the last three years,…
Yesterday, I described the pivotal role that assessment plays in defining the unique needs of readers. Today, I thought I…
How do you distinguish reluctant readers from those who struggle? How great is the overlap in the venn diagram that…
Last week, Kim Yaris and Jan Burkins invited me to begin this conversation about text complexity and cognitive…
Overheard: “I’m noticing that a substantial number of kids are struggling to distinguish the topic of a passage from…
I’ve learned that data aren’t necessarily the engine of a powerful inquiry team. The team is, and teams are often…