“Why are students today being taught the same way their parents were? Look at how much everything else has advanced.” First of all, they’re not being taught the same way as their parents. Which is why they’re so behind.

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

Quite some time ago, I said the anti-technology wave was coming. It’s here.

@EduConsumersFdn There's something else that you are not talking about--successful schools organize themselves in ways that teachers can teach and students can learn. Typical schools are not really organized around teaching and learning.

Huge steps taken these past two years to upskill teaching in an already fantastic school district Evergreen School Division 🇨🇦 embraces the science of learning

Students who are years behind need intensive instruction, not be told to color until intervention time starts up. Students who are years ahead need intensive instruction, not be told to act as peer tutors and wait until college for real challenge to begin.

This is a symptom of a sector that has been parasitically consumed by a cult of superstition, ideologues, and charlatans. Pop philosophy, pop psychology, pop inspirational futurism. It’s like a religion for dumb people.

Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus. After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish

How many of you came into teaching thinking it was the perfect job to align with having a family? Same holidays. Home at a sensible time. A career that fitted around family life. Now the biggest group leaving the profession are women aged 30 to 39. That isn’t

Loving or staff learning to implement FASE reading to support all readers! From @Doug_Lemov

Inclusion has become perhaps the most used word in education today. But what’s interesting is how many children aren’t actually ‘included’ in the conversations about inclusion - the quiet, hard working, under the radar, polite, always respectful children who just get on with it

Time spent on screens in the classroom versus academic achievement Notice anything?

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This teacher-turned-cognitive scientist shared a disturbing reality that left the room stunned. “Our kids are LESS cognitively capable than we were at their age.” Every previous generation outperformed its parents since we began recording in the late 1800s. So, what happened?

This is a fantastic post about the limitations of building thinking classrooms that everyone should have a look at!  https://t.co/BMOEoHNZfM

A quick and interesting read about the rise and fall of Heggerty by @karenvaites. Hopefully, we can learn from our mistakes. Science, not fads or pop. opinion, has to drive our decisions. https://t.co/HMWPSHeSJ9 @ILAToday @CECMembership @nasponline @reading_league @TheNCII

The evidence for Repeated Readings is very strong. But no one talks about it, because it’s a bit boring and you can’t make money off it. You can’t sell a repeated reading program, as it can be done with almost any text and requires little expertise.

Tips for using Repeated Reading: 1. Do it once a day for 5-15 minutes 2. Pre-read the text 3. Pre-teach the vocabulary and content 4. Segment words students struggle with 5. Focus on content area texts 6. Consider dabbling with poetry 7. Repeat until prosody is achieved

Every state that lowered standards “to be kind” actually betrayed their most vulnerable students. High expectations plus real support equals real results. CA needs to change before another generation of kids graduates unable to read OR watch a movie. https://t.co/TicoMuPWgS