The Science of Reading has changed what we know about how we teach reading so that ALL students can learn. Are your teachers doing these four important things in classrooms where students are learning to read?.

I’m always excited to get to share ideas with @KatelynLeitner1 …getting to talk curriculum with a bunch of talented instructional designers? Even better!.

Could I happily talk about curriculum all day long? Absolutely. Did we? Sure did. Were these some amazing, on-the-ball educators? I think you know the answer. The Suffolk @SufVAschools Lab School is going to be AMAZING with minds like these behind it.

RT @innovateodu: Starting a great day 1 of Curriculum Writing Academy for the STEM Academy Lab School in Partnership with @ODU and @SufVAsc….

Act 3 of the FREE resource The Aurora Express is up! Dr. Lily Foster, chief botanist on the ship to Mars, is still missing. You've interviewed all the suspects and now it's time to do more than talk. 2 weeks left to solve the mystery!

SagaCity Adventures (a FREE website where kids can vote on how they want stories to progress) Aurora Express Act II has been posted at Did you know that you can also get The Aurora Express as a podcast? Learn more here:

What is SagaCity and why should you be reading this FREE resource with your kids to get them loving reading and writing? Check out this 1 minute video.

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Ok, how cool is this?!.

RT @AP_Goodwyn: New Science Team making school visits and passing out science temporary tattoos! They were a hit…Day 1 down! #DiscoveringTh….

FREE reading and writing resources for families & educators! New story for upper elementary students drops tomorrow!

FREE reading and writing resources for families & educators! Vote for Act I of the Aurora Express by 09/01 at

Announcing a FREE resource for families and educators to help kids develop a love of reading and writing! has INTERACTIVE stories where kids get to VOTE on the next segment of the story! Vote by September 1 on Act I of the Aurora Express!.

I'm excited to announce the first Smart from the Start educational podcast! It's hosted by yours truly and in collaboration with Stronge and Associates Educational Consulting & Dr. James H. Stronge. Listen here:

For all my fellow curriculum nerds: want a place where you can nerd out without boring everyone? Come over to this LinkedIn group:

We need to talk about math instruction. Is math being taught as a language in your school? Are students actively involved "big, messy, real-world math situations?" Or are they just regurgitating math facts without true conceptual understanding?.

We need to talk about math instruction. Is math being taught as a language in your school? Are students actively involved "big, messy, real-world math situations?" Or are they just regurgitating math facts without true conceptual understanding?.

SAVE THE DATE: Next Generation Storytellers Film Festival will be Oct. 18-20 at the Ferguson Center. More details coming soon!. Check out everything HCS is doing with NGS for our young people & to build the entertainment industry in Hampton Roads:

Had an AMAZING time on the What School Could Be Podcast, discussing everything from how we learn math to skincare to bringing Hollywood to students--and most importantly, why our STUDENTS need to help create and review curriculum. Check it out here:.

@GarySkeen01 , @karen_sanzo , fun with pedagogies for lab schools and GO TEC curriculum (technology, engineering, and math signature pedagogies forthcoming)!.

Are our students actually DOING science, or just memorizing a bunch of facts? What should observers see in the science classroom? Check out this quick read from our Signature Pedagogies Series: Essential Pedagogies for Science.