A Beginner’s Guide to Text Complexity by Sheena Hervey & Ryan Spencer How is reading complex text like lifting weights? Just as it’s impossible to build muscle without weight or resistance, it’s impossible to build robust reading skills without reading...
A World of Difference: Respecting and Valuing Diversity by Dr. Erick Witherspoon, Generation Ready “Cultural and social diversity is certainly not a new issue facing us humans. It has always existed, and we remain challenged by it. However, the burgeoning...
Adolescent Readers in Middle School by Sheena Hervey, Generation Ready The current crisis in adolescent literacy is well documented. There is a significant disparity between the education our students receive and the demands of life in the 21st century. Traditionally,...
Critical Reading and the Importance of Questioning by Generation Ready At the start of the school year the media usually raises the issue about the increasing number of students who are failing to learn to read. The interesting thing is, there is no evidence that...
What is Effective Teaching of Literacy? by Sheena Hervey, Generation Ready The craft of teaching is becoming increasingly complex and nowhere is this more evident than in the area of literacy. Effective teachers are capable of ensuring that an increasingly diverse...
What is Effective Teaching of Mathematics? by Sheena Hervey, Generation Ready The old paradigm of balanced instruction focused on enabling children and teachers to achieve success at school. Today’s paradigm focuses on students achieving college and career readiness...
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