Have students read assignment sheets
What I’m about to propose is not rocket science, but it’s revolutionary. It’s time for a new assignment. Maybe it’s an essay. Or perhap...
Category: teaching
Will Kindles help the lowest-skilled readers?
We’re about to find out! Beginning next week, a teacher in Hayward will launch a Kindle reading intervention for the eight lowest-performing readers in t...
We must teach reading deliberately
By high school, most teachers don’t teach students how to read. There’s an assumption that students either know how or they don’t. If they do...
When highlighting goes too far
Annotation purists tell us to just say no to highlighters. If you let kids use highlighters, then they’ll just color up the whole page. You mean, like th...
How long should teachers stay at their schools?
Most people decry teacher turnover. Schools should do more to make teaching sustainable. Students do better when they have experienced teachers who know their ...