My reply to Willingham, Part 2
In part 1 of my reply to Willingham’s article on reading comprehension strategies published recently in the Washington Post, I …
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Part 1 of a reply to Willingham on reading strategies
This is Part 1 of a 2-part response In a recent Washington Post article (excerpted from his new book), Daniel …
Some excerpts from PISA Math Results – 15 year olds
Some not surprising but still depressing excerpts from the PISA Math Results, US results: Students in the United States have …
My mother’s puzzlement
My mother is an extraordinary person. Yesterday, while I made lunch for my son, father, and her, she was playing …
A brief post on NAEP Civics and History Test Results
Yes, we know: kids “don’t know much about history” in the words of the immortal Sam Cooke. The weak NAEP …
A guest post on (too much) Lecturing in HS History
In a previous post, I posed the question – based on student survey data and my own observations over the …
An Open Letter to Governor Cuomo: Re-think the Regs of APPR
Dear Governor Cuomo: I have my whole professional educational life been a supporter of teacher accountability. And, as you may …
Why do so many HS history teachers lecture so much?
Really, why do HS teachers lecture so much? Almost every HS I go to I see teachers talking and kids …
On wise text selection for developing comprehension: Post #8 in a series
In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do …
On transfer as the goal in literacy (7th in a series)
In the previous literacy post I identified a few take-away questions and related issues from my recent research on comprehension, …
Granted, and... 