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My reply to Willingham, Part 2

May 25, 2015

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

May 15, 2015

This is Part 1 of a 2-part response In a recent Washington Post article (excerpted from his new book), Daniel …

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Some excerpts from PISA Math Results – 15 year olds

May 11, 2015

Some not surprising but still depressing excerpts from the PISA Math Results, US results: Students in the United States have …

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My mother’s puzzlement

May 8, 2015

My mother is an extraordinary person. Yesterday, while I made lunch for my son, father, and her, she was playing …

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A brief post on NAEP Civics and History Test Results

May 3, 2015

Yes, we know: kids “don’t know much about history” in the words of the immortal Sam Cooke. The weak NAEP …

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A guest post on (too much) Lecturing in HS History

April 30, 2015

In a previous post, I posed the question – based on student survey data and my own observations over the …

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An Open Letter to Governor Cuomo: Re-think the Regs of APPR

April 27, 2015

Dear Governor Cuomo: I have my whole professional educational life been a supporter of teacher accountability. And, as you may …

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Why do so many HS history teachers lecture so much?

April 24, 2015

Really, why do HS teachers lecture so much? Almost every HS I go to I see teachers talking and kids …

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On wise text selection for developing comprehension: Post #8 in a series

April 23, 2015

In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do …

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On transfer as the goal in literacy (7th in a series)

April 20, 2015

In the previous literacy post I identified a few take-away questions and related issues from my recent research on comprehension, …

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Grant Wiggins is the co-author of Understanding by Design and the author of Educative Assessment and numerous articles on education. He is the President of Authentic Education in Hopewell NJ. You can read more about him and his work at the AE site (click here)

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Recent Posts

  • My reply to Willingham, Part 2
  • Part 1 of a reply to Willingham on reading strategies
  • Some excerpts from PISA Math Results – 15 year olds
  • My mother’s puzzlement
  • A brief post on NAEP Civics and History Test Results
  • A guest post on (too much) Lecturing in HS History
  • An Open Letter to Governor Cuomo: Re-think the Regs of APPR
  • Why do so many HS history teachers lecture so much?
  • On wise text selection for developing comprehension: Post #8 in a series
  • On transfer as the goal in literacy (7th in a series)
  • Another shadowing report
  • 8 Reasons that today’s high school is poor preparation for today’s college
  • On literacy and strategy, part 6: my first cut at recommendations
  • On Reading, Part 5: A key flaw in using the Gradual Release of Responsibility model
  • On reading, Part 4: research on the comprehension strategies – a closer look
  • My 200th Post – On Literacy Part 3
  • On reading, Part 2: what the research REALLY reveals
  • Teacher Effectiveness Ratings – Part 2
  • Teacher Effectiveness Ratings – Part 1
  • 5 unfortunate misunderstandings that almost all educators have about Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Useful Sites

  • Authentic Education – home page
  • Models by Design – Alexis Wiggins
  • Washington Post Education Page

recent tweets

  • Sorry! Didn't realize that Grant's twitter account is the one active on my phone. -Denise, Grant's wife 1 year ago
  • Me, too. 1 year ago
  • Yes. Grant is gone, suddenly and unexpectedly. We are bereft. 4 years ago
  • Grant Wiggins, of brilliant mind and dearest heart, died yesterday. The world has lost a true champion of learning.Carry on the work.-Denise 4 years ago
  • A poster child for Common Core wapo.st/1RabJpc A blunt defense of C Core in OK by a conservative WaPo writer: 4 years ago

RSS Curriculum Matters Blog

  • Need a Primer on Education Week's Civics Project? Listen to This EWA Podcast
    Listen to the Education Writers Association's interview with reporter Stephen Sawchuk on the core themes in Education Week's Citizen Z civics education reporting project.
    Stephen Sawchuk
  • Ways to Improve Civic Engagement and Student Voice: An EdWeek Chat
    Take in the highlights and strategies from Education Week's recent online chat on improving civics education and student voice.
    Stephen Sawchuk
  • Students Increasingly Are Not Reading Over the Summer, Poll Finds
    The Scholastic survey also finds that knowledge helps: Parents who know about "summer slide" make more efforts to help their child keep reading.
    Sasha Jones
  • History Instruction Indicted: Too Much Memorization, Too Little Meaning
    Students in U.S. classrooms are startingly ignorant of American history, but it's not because their teachers have failed them. It's because the curriculum in most schools focuses on memorizing "irrelevant, boring" names and dates, a new study finds.
    Catherine Gewertz
  • This Tool Can Help Identify 'STEM Deserts.' But It Needs Your Feedback
    The National Math and Science Initiative's new tool aims to help the field look for patterns in STEM data, so educators and policy folks can fill in holes.
    Stephen Sawchuk
  • Battle Over Reading: Parents of Children With Dyslexia Wage Curriculum War
    A program to teach children with dyslexia how to read, will now be used with every child in Arkansas. Parents led the way—forcing the state to rethink reading.
    Lisa Stark

RSS NY Times on Education

  • ‘It Just Isn’t Working’: PISA Test Scores Cast Doubt on U.S. Education Efforts
    An international exam shows that American 15-year-olds are stagnant in reading and math even though the country has spent billions to close gaps with the rest of the world.
    Dana Goldstein
  • Beacon High School Is Half White. That’s Why Students Walked Out.
    More than 300 students at the selective public high school, one of New York City’s most prestigious, protested its admissions policies.
    Eliza Shapiro
  • That Recruitment Letter From Harvard Probably Doesn’t Mean Much
    Especially if you’re African-American, according to a new study.
    Anemona Hartocollis
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