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March 7, 2019 News
What are the reading research insights that every educator should know?
If your district isn’t having an “uh oh” moment around reading instruction, it probably should be. Educators across the country are experiencing a collective awakening about literacy instruction, thanks to a recent tsunami of national media attention. Alarm bells are ringing—as they should be—because we’ve gotten some big things wrong: Research has documented what works to get kids to read,...Read MoreMarch 6, 2019 News
One Reason Rural Students Don’t Go To College: Colleges Don’t Go To Them
The sunrise in rural central Michigan reveals a landscape of neatly divided cornfields crossed by ditches and wooded creeks. But few of the sleepy teenagers on the school bus from Maple Valley Junior-Senior High School likely noticed this scene on their hour drive to Grand Rapids. They set out from their tiny school district of about 1,000 students, heading to the closest big city for a...Read MoreMarch 5, 2019 News
Memphis school leaders consider proposal to hold back second-graders who can’t read
In an effort to boost literacy among its youngest students, Shelby County Schools has proposed a policy that would require second-graders to repeat the school year if they don’t read on grade level. The district and state have struggled to get students ready to read by third grade and have heavily invested in literacy instruction. That has led to significant growth in reading scores...Read MoreFebruary 26, 2019 News
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: Report Envisions Path Forward for Educational Equity in Tennessee
Tennessee’s work to increase its residents’ postsecondary attainment levels through initiatives such as the “Drive to 55” campaign, Tennessee Promise and Tennessee Reconnect has positioned the state as a national model, but leaders must not get complacent with the progress made thus far. That was the sentiment of a new Complete Tennessee report released Tuesday titled “No Time to Wait: The...Read MoreFebruary 25, 2019 News
STUDENT VOICE: ‘College was just another foreign word. Then it became a dream for every student in my school’
For first-generation students, the dream of going to college is fraught. It’s hard just to get there. The average school-counselor-to-student ratio in the country is 484 to 1, and this lack of support hinders students as they attempt to continue their studies beyond high school. My Brooklyn high school was no different. It did not have enough counselors to help students with the...Read MoreFebruary 22, 2019 News