Tag: elementary

FEATURED

• On The Importance Of Teaching Content In Elementary Schools

  • Atlantic
  • 08/01/19
  “What if the medicine we have been prescribing is only making matters worse, particularly for poor children? What if the best way to boost reading comprehension is not to drill kids on discrete skills but to teach them, as early as possible, the very things we’ve marginalized—including history, science, and other content that could build […]

• More On The Science Of Learning To Read

  • KQED
  • 01/02/19
  In 2015, before the new training began, more than half of the kindergartners in the district tested below the benchmark score, meaning most of them were heading into first grade at risk of reading failure. At the end of the 2018 school year, after the science-based training, 84 percent of kindergartners met or exceeded the […]

• On The Importance Of Teaching Content In Elementary Schools

  • Atlantic
  • 08/01/19
  “What if the medicine we have been prescribing is only making matters worse, particularly for poor children? What if the best way to boost reading comprehension is not to drill kids on discrete skills but to teach them, as early as possible, the very things we’ve marginalized—including history, science, and other content that could build […]

• More On The Science Of Learning To Read

  • KQED
  • 01/02/19
  In 2015, before the new training began, more than half of the kindergartners in the district tested below the benchmark score, meaning most of them were heading into first grade at risk of reading failure. At the end of the 2018 school year, after the science-based training, 84 percent of kindergartners met or exceeded the […]

CHARACTER

• Emotional Intelligence For Kids Using Pixar’s “Inside Out”

  • 5280 Magazine
  • 03/04/24

CURRICULUM

• On The Importance Of Science And Social Studies In Elementary School

  • EdWeek
  • 02/27/24

EARLY CHILDHOOD

• Pre-K For Some Helped Elementary Performance For All

  • Chalkbeat
  • 04/17/19

ELEMENTARY

• On Teaching Young Children About Voting

  • Edutopia
  • 06/03/24

• Foundations In Math And Reading Are Essential Now, Post Pandemic

  • K12 Dive
  • 05/29/24

• “Kindergarten Math Is Often Too Basic. Here’s Why That’s A Problem.”

  • Hechinger Report
  • 05/02/24

• Teach Kids To Do Right, Rather Than Punishing Them To Do Wrong

  • Hechinger Report
  • 02/23/23

• Primary Schools Embrace Explicit Instruction — And Thrive

  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • 12/04/22

• On Having Math Conferences In Elementary School

  • Edutopia
  • 11/19/22
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  • The Return Of Cursive

    • New York Times
    • 04/13/19

  • On Longer Recess, Social Skills, And Creativity

    • New York Times
    • 02/28/19

  • Language Learners Benefit From Repeating 3rd Grade

    • Hechinger Report
    • 01/28/19

HUMANITIES

• Picture Books That Bring Middle East And North African Culture To K-6 Classrooms

  • National Council for the Social Studies
  • 02/01/21

LEARNING SCIENCE

• On Retrieval Practice With 1st Graders

  • Learning Scientists
  • 05/16/24

PEDAGOGY

• The “Grand Conversation” - A Fishbowl Activity For Elementary School

  • Edutopia
  • 01/27/23

READING/WRITING

• 3rd Grade Is A Pivotal Year For Reading Literacy

  • EdWeek
  • 08/12/24

• “How Much Time Should Teachers Spend On Foundational Reading Skills?”

  • EdWeek
  • 02/09/24

• As Cursive Returns, Some Teachers Need To Learn It

  • CBC
  • 07/01/23

• Deep Dive On Writing Instruction For Young Students

  • EdWeek
  • 01/17/23

STEM

• “Swish: Teaching Fractions On The Basketball Court”

  • K12 Dive
  • 07/31/24

• Use Robots To Help Teach Coding Skills At Early Ages

  • EdWeek
  • 06/24/22

GENERAL

• On The Importance Of Teaching Content In Elementary Schools

  • Atlantic
  • 08/01/19
  “What if the medicine we have been prescribing is only making matters worse, particularly for poor children? What if the best way to boost reading comprehension is not to drill kids on discrete skills but to teach them, as early as possible, the very things we’ve marginalized—including history, science, and other content that could build […]

• More On The Science Of Learning To Read

  • KQED
  • 01/02/19
  In 2015, before the new training began, more than half of the kindergartners in the district tested below the benchmark score, meaning most of them were heading into first grade at risk of reading failure. At the end of the 2018 school year, after the science-based training, 84 percent of kindergartners met or exceeded the […]