Schools fighting a surge in chronically absent students may find success if they focus on strengthening the bonds they have with parents. And schools that had the strongest ties with families before the recent rise in chronic absenteeism are less likely to be experiencing those high absence levels today.
Read MoreNovember is National Parent Engagement Month, as well as the school year’s first parent-teacher conferences for many districts. With the focus on parent relationships, it’s an ideal time to recognize families’ vital role in their student’s academic and overall success.
Read More"Teacher, do we need our pencils today?" my Puerto Rican elementary students would urgently ask when I came to their classroom to escort them to my English as a Second Language classroom.
Read MoreLearning to write is a complex process. It requires young writers to draw on their knowledge of a range of skills and strategies as they create texts.
Read MoreIn one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based teaching approaches, and school districts are rushing to supply training. Publishers are under pressure to drop older materials. And for the first time in years, an instructional issue—reading—is headlining education media coverage.
Read MoreHandwriting is so much more than just being about to write a sentence or your name. Here are 7 reasons why handwriting is key to academic and personal success.
Read MoreIn 2012, the Common Core Curriculum did away with handwriting instruction in American schools, but just six years later, it is back in the curriculum in at least 15 states. Why?
Read MoreReading and writing skills are the cornerstones of academic proficiency, and there are many cognitive processes that must be coordinated in order for students to access content and demonstrate mastery.
Read MoreReading is vital for so many reasons. Reading can improve your writing, give you a new perspective on life, and help you to relax after a hectic day at work.
Read MoreLearning how to write well can make students better readers. Study after study has shown that when children are taught how to write complex sentences and compose different kinds of texts, their ability to read and understand a wider variety of writing improves too.
Read MoreProfessional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing, written by a committee of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues in the effective teaching of writing.
Read MoreStudents who understand how reading relates to writing and vice versa can develop into better writers.
Read MoreAs a nation, we are confronting an alarming crisis in K-12 education that goes beyond the effects of a global pandemic. Before the pandemic, roughly 1 in 10 students in Los Angeles County and across our state were chronically absent. Now, in many schools, almost half of our students are missing from our classrooms on a regular basis, with disproportionate rates of chronic absence among historically underserved students of color.
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