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Today's Video
Today's video is from cognitive scientist, Daniel Willingham, on brain-based education:This is a good video to point your friends to the next time one of those new brain-based education fads comes knocking on your school district's door.As Willingham makes clear, most of the "programs" out there... Read more...
Published 20 hours ago

Decodable vs. Predictable Texts
In the last post I described how to tell the difference between a balanced literacy and phonics-based reading program. The difference is in the texts that the students read. In balanced literacy programs, predictable texts are used. In phonics-based programs, decodable texts are used.Someone... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Looking Beyond the Reading First Controversy
Now that you've digested my Layman's Guide to Reading First you're going to want to take a look at Shep Barbash's Looking Beyond the Reading First Controversy in Education Next.Shep does a good job describing the scandal (or lack thereof) aspect of Reading First and does some solid reporting on... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

The Layman's Guide to Reading First
When I see smart guys like Dean Millot and Sherman Dorn confused about what went on in Reading First I think it is safe to assume that nearly everyone else is confused as well. So this is my attempt at a brief and simple primer on what actually went on in Reading First. To understand what's going... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Slow Output
Sorry for the slow output, gang.This time it's not for wont of other work or laziness.I have three partially completed big-picture posts in varying states of completedness. I'm not quite done wrapping my head around them quite yet.Hopefully, they will be worth the read when they do come.patience. Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Today's Question (redux)
I'm cross-posting this question from over at Kitchen table Math posted. It is a follow-up from a previous post on reading asessments which did not yield as many satisfactory answers as I expected --meaning I asked the question poorly. This is take two.NCLB is vague in its requirements with... Read more...
Published 1 week ago

Interim Reading First Study
Methodological deficiencies notwithstanding, I'm not sure why anyone is surprised that the the interim Reading First Study seems to be showing null results.Reading First was a product of political comprise. Instead of limiting grants to research validated programs reading curricula, the Reading... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Reasoning and Writing Cont'd
In the previous past, a commenter asked for an example of a later lesson from Reasoning and Writing. Here is one of the last lessons from Level E and would normally be covered at the end of fourth grade.The students have been taught a procedure for testing the hypothesis set forth in the passage... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Reasoning and Writing
One of the programs being used in Gering is the DI writing program Reasoning and Writing (RW). Here's an overview of the program.Levels A and B get students ready for real writing. Level C concentrates on narrative writing. Level D focuses on expository writing. Levels D through F are no walk in... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

More Gering Data
(Continued from previous post)I know the in DI, they hit language instruction hard. Think of it as the "content" course you need before you get to the other content courses. Language is content.Not unsurprisingly Gering is posting better language results.Take for example example these scores from... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

$24,606
Back in January I was confused over the Washington Post's claiming that the the D.C. public schools only spent $8,322 per pupil. Big city public schools in the U.S. are some of the most lavishly funded schools in the world and most likely in the history of mankind. Though you'd never know it by... Read more...
Published 1 month ago

Carnival of Education
The 167th Carnival of Education is up at the CEA Blog. Go check it out. Read more...
Published 1 month ago