Over the past four years, I’ve had the pleasure of serving as the supervisor of elementary English Language Arts for the Montgomery County Public Schools. During that time, we’ve engaged educators and leaders in deep learning based on the science of reading research. In doing so, I’ve come to believe that two things are for certain:| Knowledge Matters Campaign
I taught American History to 8th graders for many happy years. But my “a-ha” curriculum moment, the experience that revealed the potential for engaging, knowledge-rich history content to excite students and accelerate literacy, happened in a 2nd-grade reading class.| Knowledge Matters Campaign
This post originally appeared in “Minding the Gap.” Season 3 of the Knowledge Matters Podcast is available on all streaming platforms.| Knowledge Matters Campaign
Writing is hard—and teaching writing is even harder. But science tells us it’s well worth the effort, because writing flexes the mental muscles that nurture literacy and learning.| Knowledge Matters Campaign
