A new book details the lack of evidence for limiting students to books they can read easily.| nataliewexler.substack.com
Knowledge is crucial for comprehension; it lays the foundation for building our understanding of text and provides an anchor for holding new information in memory. More from @CattsHugh & @AlanKamhi in #AmericanEducator:| American Federation of Teachers
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
Can we make the national tests more useful, or at least less harmful?| nataliewexler.substack.com
They're not just about phonics.| nataliewexler.substack.com