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Lexia Helps Alabama Students Meet State-Mandated Literacy Goals

The pressure is on for Alabama’s educators and students with the passage of the Alabama Literacy Act (ALA). This bold legislation mandates holding...

Mississippi Miracle? How the Simple View Model May Have Raised Reading Scores

When the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores were released in October 2019, many observers found themselves asking...

New Evidence-Based Resources Aim to Aid Districts in Edtech Decision-Making

Educational technology is a fast-moving train, bringing new products, promises, and procedures to school districts and classrooms across the country....

Stuck in the Middle: Navigating the Middle School Experience

Don't have time to read? Listen Now » “Little people have all the feelings that adults have—[just] with way less world experience,”...

Student Homelessness: A Big Problem in the Nation’s Biggest Public School System

The challenges of growing up in this day and age range from the existential (figuring out who you are) to the comparatively trivial (choosing the...

Evaluating EdTech: A Few Good Reasons You Need More Than One Good Study

In the digital age, purchasing decisions big and small tend to result from a great deal of research. After all, we spend hours researching potential...

Rising Teacher Turnover: How It’s Impacting the Classroom and What We Can Do About It

There has been no shortage of attention devoted to teacher turnover rates in K–12 schools across the United States in recent years. Indeed, a simple...

The Many Benefits of Using a Strengths-Based Approach with English Learners

Rochester, Minnesota-based teacher Laura Lenz works with English Learners (ELs) at a center for students who are immigrants and refugees. In a blog...

Should Struggling Readers be Held Back? More and More States are Saying Yes

The headline from a recent National Public Radio report made a stark declaration: “States Are Ratcheting Up Reading Expectations For 3rd-Graders.”...

Structured Literacy: How Results and Research Support This Approach

Here’s a simple yet powerful point that bears repeating: “All teachers want their students to master the skills that will allow them to enjoy reading...

Is Universal Design for Learning the Path to Success for All?

Universal design is a concept first articulated by Ronald Mace, who worked as a North Carolina architect at a time when conventional building design...

Celebrating Student Writing with a Publishing Party

An understanding of the writing process is important for young writers. However, the time involved in editing and revising means that not every piece...