Joanne JacobsMay 31, 20222 minWant to be antiracist? Teach kids to readEducation Week reports that a growing number of school districts are asking would-be teachers: “What have you done personally or...
Joanne JacobsMay 23, 20222 minAre reading wars over? ‘Balanced literacy’ is a loserTeachers were trained to teach students how to guess words they couldn’t read. The reading wars are over, writes Dana Goldstein in the...
Joanne JacobsOct 11, 20182 minDean, you didn’t prepare me to teach reading“Schools aren’t teaching reading in ways that line up with the science,” concludes American Public Media’s Emily Hanford in Hard Words....
Joanne JacobsMar 15, 20182 minParents of dyslexics: Teach phonicsParents of children with dyslexia forced their school district to teach phonics, reports Emily Hanford on NPR. Upper Arlington, Ohio...