1.6.22 Toni Gibbs Reading and vocabulary: Why your kids can never have too much of either My daughter, who is in middle school, has dreams of being a veterinarian. One night, while looking for a program to watch, she found Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet on Disney+. It’s a series about a... Read more
1.4.22 Candi Fowler Why administrators need professional learning communities, too In many of our school systems, being the administrator means you are a team of one. You may have trusted colleagues you supervise and can count on to take a leadership role but, in reality, they... Read more
12.30.21 Cara Holt 5 ways instructional coaches can support teachers Are you getting the support you need from the instructional coach in your school? Instructional coaches have been an integral part of education systems for a long time now. You may have an... Read more
12.28.21 Lauren Bardwell 6 ways to help your child read fluently, cover to cover You know his voice. It’s deep, soothing, trustworthy. Fans have described it as “running your hand across expensive velvet” or “drinking a rich creamy coffee with your ears.” His voice is... Read more
12.21.21 Jonathan Fine 4 ways a Georgia school district makes the most of professional learning Four years ago, Georgia’s Floyd County Schools District took on a new challenge: rolling out MAP® Growth™ for the first time. For this mostly rural district serving 9,000 kids in the northwest... Read more
12.16.21 Monica Rodríguez The best of Teach. Learn. Grow. in 2021 My eldest started kindergarten this year and I have to say: covering his sweet little face with a mask every morning was not what I imagined when I daydreamed about his first day of school. Neither... Read more
12.14.21 Leslie Yudman Mystery solved: How to help your child crack the phonics code I loved the TV show The Electric Company as a kid. One of my favorite segments was when they showed two shadowed heads in profile. Each would take turns reading the beginning and ending of words,... Read more
12.9.21 Kat McLaurin Assistive technology 101 If you have ever used a smart phone, you have probably experienced assistive technology. For example, when your hands are full and you can’t look at the screen, you can use audio and voice... Read more
12.7.21 Kailey Rhodes Let’s stop making “growth mindset” a buzzword I’m unsure of the lifecycle of a buzzword, but I’ll take a cheeky stab at its journey: A popular thought leader makes waves, and the word makes its debut in a TED Talk. It finds itself in... Read more
12.2.21 Alex Sharp How identity-affirming texts empower literacy education Every day, educators work tirelessly to not only help students develop literacy skills, but to impart perhaps the most important gift reading gives us: the opportunity to recognize ourselves and our... Read more
11.30.21 Lauren Bardwell To support reading at home, turn up the sound I don’t know about your childhood TV viewing preferences, but for me, there was no greater pleasure than my local PBS lineup: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Bob Ross’s The Joy of... Read more
11.24.21 Carolyn Frost 4 ways to use NGSS crosscutting concepts to engage in sense making and build equity The water disappeared! Or did it? Can water just disappear? And so, the learning of science begins. Educators and researchers alike recognize that incorporating students’ personal interests into... Read more
