Literacy

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Finding ways to better support children’s development and learning in the early years has been recognised as an important topic for some… —

By Teresa Arriaga, Executive Director of Springboard Collaborative — By Teresa Arriaga, Executive Director of Springboard Collaborative Springboard Collaborative (Springboard) is a literacy non-profit that coaches family members and educators to help children learn to read by fourth grade. We are working to close the literacy gap by bridging the gap between home and school. Springboard’s recipe for…

SEL and the Stories We Tell — Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is innately tied to literacy and language development and can be a critical element of any ELA classroom. In this installment of our virtual Spring into Literacy Symposium, educator and SEL champion Wendy Turner joined Kevin Baird, Senior Vice President for Integrated Experience at McGraw…

From Jean-Jacques Rousseau onward, it has been a popular lament among philosophers that civilised society is an unnatural habitat for human… — From Jean-Jacques Rousseau onward, it has been a popular lament among philosophers that civilised society is an unnatural habitat for human beings. Linguists could make an analogous point: while spoken language is hardwired into our brains, writing is a recent development, invented by an elite few in only a small…

I bristle when I hear the words “mental illness” in conversation. The struggle with the stigma is reinforced when people toss out words… — I bristle when I hear the words “mental illness” in conversation. The struggle with the stigma is reinforced when people toss out words without taking time to pause on the bridge of communication with perception-conveyance. I imagine the progress made for mental health literacy is being severely trampled on at…

A well-intended decision ends in a flood of kinda-unwanted books. — There are some hard truths I’ve had to get used to as I begin to navigate a fourth decade alive on this planet. Turning 30 last November didn’t mean partying with friends or going somewhere I’d never been; instead, it meant dealing with the fact that new muscles and joints…

It is commonly claimed that American adults read at about an eighth grade level, with the claim often substantiated by presentations of the… — It is commonly claimed that American adults read at about an eighth grade level, with the claim often substantiated by presentations of the reading level of various bestselling books. …