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  • It Takes More Than a Team

    It Takes More Than a Team

    After the recent mass murders by disturbed teenagers with all-too readily available assault weapons, it’s hard to see a way forward given the dysfunction of our political system (though there is some bipartisan movement on federal legislation as of this writing). Short of federal gun regulation, there are other areas we can influence that could…

    manderson

    June 7, 2022
    Uncategorized
    counseling, guns, mass shootings, mental health, prevention, teenagers
  • The Danger of the Story of White Displacement

    The Danger of the Story of White Displacement

    One of the keynotes at the NYC Learning and the Brain conference I’d just posted about was by Jonathan Gottschall on “The Story Paradox,” and which was based on his book of the same name. His talk was compelling enough that I promptly read his book as well. Like Gottschall, I’ve done some pondering about…

    manderson

    May 15, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Jonathan Gottschall, narrative, replacement theory, storytelling, The Story Paradox, Tucker Carlson
  • Learning and the Brain: Keeping that Goldilocks Balance

    Learning and the Brain: Keeping that Goldilocks Balance

    I wrote a little while ago about Andrew Watson’s excellent book, “The Goldilocks Map.” I had an opportunity to attend a Learning and the Brain conference, which was what sparked Andrew’s own journey into brain research and learning to balance openness to new practice with a healthy dose of skepticism. In fact, Andrew was one…

    manderson

    May 13, 2022
    Neuroscience
    conference, Learning and the Brain, nyc
  • Are Interim Assessments a Waste of Time?

    Are Interim Assessments a Waste of Time?

    There was a relatively recent Hechinger Report article by Jill Barshay, “PROOF POINTS: Researchers blast data analysis for teachers to help students” that seemed to indict any and all assessments and data use in schools as a royal waste of time. It bothered me because the only source cited explicitly in the article was a…

    manderson

    April 15, 2022
    Assessment, Literacy
    interim assessment, research
  • An Ontogenesis Model of Word Learning in a Second Language

    An Ontogenesis Model of Word Learning in a Second Language

    A recent paper caught my eye, Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation, and despite the immediate mind glazing effect of the word “ontogenesis,” I found the model well worth digging into and sharing here—and it may bear relevance to conversations on orthographic mapping. Bordag, D., Gor, K., & Opitz, A. (2021). Ontogenesis Model of…

    manderson

    March 13, 2022
    Language, Literacy, Mulilingual Learners, Phonology, SLA
    Language, ontogenesis model, word learning
  • The Common Core: An Opportunity Squandered

    The Common Core: An Opportunity Squandered

    Back in 2013, I wrote a series of posts for the Core Knowledge Foundation blog that were titled, “Promethean Plan: A Teacher on Fulfilling the Intent of the Common Core.” Unfortunately, they don’t appear to be available there anymore, so I thought it could be fun to re-post them collected here as one post, both…

    manderson

    March 11, 2022
    Literacy, Uncategorized
    Common Core State Standards, Core Knowledge
  • A Healthy Diet of Openness and Skepticism Towards Education Research

    A Healthy Diet of Openness and Skepticism Towards Education Research

    A review and recommendation to read Andrew Watson’s “The Goldilocks Map”

    manderson

    February 25, 2022
    Reading
    Andrew Watson, Reading, research
  • Phonemic Proficiency: A Hypothesis to be Tested

    Phonemic Proficiency: A Hypothesis to be Tested

    There’s been a kerfuffle in the reading nerd sphere for a while now about Dr. David Kilpatrick’s theories of orthographic mapping and the advanced phonemic awareness activities promoted by his Equipped for Reading Success program. At issue have been the following: Are phonemic awareness activities without letters time well spent for Tier 1 instruction? Are…

    manderson

    February 25, 2022
    Literacy, Phonemic Awareness, Phonology, Reading
    advanced phonemic awareness, david kilpatrick, phonemic proficiency hypothesis, Reading, research
  • What does it take to internalize the cipher?

    What does it take to internalize the cipher?

    What does it take to get an individual child to internalize the cipher of written English?

    manderson

    February 6, 2022
    Literacy, Natural or Unnatural?, Phonemic Awareness, Reading
    cryptanalysis, Reading, research
  • Advancing Literacy for Black boys

    Advancing Literacy for Black boys

    I’ll never forget the moment when I realized that the students in a school I was supporting had not read anything more than a few pages of text for close to two months. There were a myriad of potential excuses for it. They were ramping up for test prep season, there was a spring break…

    manderson

    February 1, 2022
    Literacy, Reading
    advanced literacy, Alfred Tatum, Black boys, Book review, Reading
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