Literacy

Reading Proficiency for Boys Is Dropping, Including in New Jersey

This is a chart, courtesy of The 74, which shows how American students' proficiency in math has stagnated and proficiency…

4 years ago

Oops, Balanced Literacy Doesn’t Work Like We’ve Said It Did for Half a Century. Our Bad.

“Pouring over the work of contemporary reading researchers has led us to believe that aspects of balanced literacy need some…

4 years ago

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Knew that Reading Makes Dreams Come True

While heartfelt tributes and political panic saturate America’s media platforms in the wake of RBG’s passing, her comments about the importance of…

4 years ago

Half of Teacher Prep Programs In New Jersey Get “F’s.”

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), as part its recent Teacher Prep Review,  just evaluated a total of 2,506…

5 years ago

Thank God for Parents Who Refuse to Be Gaslighted by the Failing Education System

This is a guest post by my colleague Chris Stewart, CEO of Education Post. Previously Chris was chief executive of…

5 years ago