Stories

Literacy and Student Engagement: Removing Barriers To Bring Joy Back To Learning

Literacy and Student Engagement: Removing Barriers To Bring Joy Back To Learning Michael Hernandez   As a student, I hated reading. I was–and still am–slow at it, and every story, textbook and essay I had to read was a struggle that took much longer than it did for my peers. Even though I was curious […]

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Stories: High School and Beyond

Extensive Reading Demands Managed Claire had always been a very hard worker and a strong achiever.  As a child, she was an enthusiastic reader and regularly read for pleasure. But when she encountered the extensive reading demands of an Advanced Placement history class in high school, her grades began to slip. Claire’s mother knew the […]

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Stories: Picture vs Partner

Students Correct Their 3rd Grade Teacher   Readability Matters heard from a 3rd-grade teacher this week. She was recently reading to her class; students interrupted her to point out that she had mistakenly read “picture” rather than “partner.” As this teacher explains, the basic shape of these two words is very similar. As reading skills […]

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Henry’s Story: Why the Math of Reading Matters

Reading with Personalized Reading Formats Improves Fluency   What if you could improve a student’s reading proficiency by making small adjustments to text format? For Henry, that is exactly what happened. Educators apply mathematically based assessments to determine reading proficiency. In simple terms, the reading fluency measure is based on counting the words read in […]

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