The Surprising State of Middle School Literacy

The Surprising State of Middle School Literacy—And What ...

First State School · Forest Oak Elementary · Groves Adult Education · H. B. DuPont ... March into Literacy Month with us as we promote reading, writing, and ...

COVID-19 and education: The lingering effects of unfinished learning

US states and districts have the opportunity to not only help students catch up on unfinished learning from the pandemic but also tackle ...

Legends of Learning - STEM Games & Resources for Education

Teachers can access over 2000 state curriculum-aligned games for middle and elementary school (grades K-8). The games span almost all the most popular state ...

When Students Insist They Work Better While Listening to Music

Classrooms at the schools I visited also had no computers, students did not carry cell phones, and sometimes I even struggled to find a piece of ...

How to address text complexity and help students understand what ...

If we can give our students clarity about why they are reading—and intentionally plan for their success—we can better prepare them for real- ...

Supporting Reading Comprehension in Middle School Students

... state exams, between 20-40% of students at my school do not meeting the standards for reading and writing. In my current English classrooms ...

How do we get Black kids' literacy to matter? Have more journalists ...

The New York Times' coverage of school segregation and distance-learning inequity is another. But these pieces speak more generally about ...

What Is Media Literacy? What Parents Need to Know

A 2021 study of media literacy programs in Rhode Island found that only 1 in 3 middle schools were teaching the subject after passage of a law in 2017 requiring ...

Reading Public Schools

The state lauded RMHS as a model and leader in expanding innovative learning opportunities for students. This funding, part of the "Reimagining High School" ...

California Schools Will Require Students to Learn to ID Fake News ...

Media literacy can help change that, advocates believe, by teaching students how to recognize reliable news sources and the crucial role of ...

for Fluency and Comprehension - COLD READS

Students Are Less Able and Less Willing to Read. Professors Are ...

In her 15 years of teaching, as the number of students who complete their reading assignments has steadily declined, she has adapted. She began ...

Great TED Talks to Use With Middle Schoolers and Other Ages Too

Students will watch one video a day and then either write or record a response to the video. While I wanted to draw in specific non-fiction ...

Social and Cultural Literacy Resources for Classrooms

Confronting White Nationalism in Schools (by the Western States Center): This toolkit is the best classroom-focused resource we've seen for ...

Wrong Answer - The New Yorker

One afternoon in the spring of 2006, Damany Lewis, a math teacher at Parks Middle School, in Atlanta, unlocked the room where standardized tests ...

7th grade reading books for children aged 12-13 in Middle School

... reading from a strange and magical book. This is an addictive and ... schools in the United States and worldwide. His areas of ...

Seal of Biliteracy - Jewell Elementary School - Aurora Public Schools

Earning the Seal of Biliteracy is a statement of accomplishment for college admissions and to future employers. The application period is open ...

STAAR Grade 6 Reading - Texas Education Agency

B Marcos plans a surprise visit home and asks his sister Elena to keep his secret. ... But I'm in middle school now. I'm on the basketball team. I'm the editor of ...

Home - Dream Lake Es - Orange County Public Schools

Our Innovation Plan highlights the content areas of Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (S.T.R.E.A.M.) throughout classroom lessons ...

The Joy and Power of Reading - Scholastic

In addition to encountering more demanding literacy challenges across the disciplines, middle school students ... Professor of Literacy Education, Kent State ...