Tennessee has been in the news this year for our reading progress – well-deserved recognition for a smart strategy, well-executed. As states look for ways to improve reading outcomes, I believe the Tennessee model should be the Go To approach. Here’s why. Tennessee hasn’t just trained teachers, we’ve given them the right tools: curriculum. Teacher […]
Sometimes, a tweet can stop you in your tracks. We had a number of those moments in recent weeks – and we want to make sure that our friends beyond Twitter have a chance to see the special stories coming out of classrooms using high-quality curriculum. Student outcomes move us every time! Jonathan Criswell shared […]
It’s too hard to see into classrooms using high-quality curriculum, something we know all too well, because of all of the requests we get to host visitors! Social media can offer an excellent way to glimpse work with high-quality materials, so we have collected some nice illustrations from Twitter in the week-ending October 30th. We […]
Recently, I have met a number of district leaders who are committed to using high-quality curriculum, and who have recently selected the Wonders 2020 curriculum – without realizing some of the concerns in the field about the program (as well as other recently-revised basal readers). As such, it feels like a good time to revisit […]
This blog series shares the curriculum implementation journeys of districts across the country, through interviews with each of our squad members. In your district, what problem or data prompted you to adopt a new literacy curriculum? How did you hope the curriculum you chose would help you address it? We are a school district operating […]
This blog series shares the curriculum implementation journeys of districts across the country, through interviews with each of our squad members. In your district, what problem or data prompted you to adopt a new literacy curriculum? How did you hope the curriculum you chose would help you address it? Jana Beth Francis: Even before implementing […]
This blog series shares the curriculum implementation journeys of districts across the country, through interviews with each of our squad members. In your district, what problem or data prompted you to adopt a new literacy curriculum? How did you hope the curriculum you chose would help you address it? This is my fourth year as […]
This blog series shares the curriculum implementation journeys of districts across the country, through interviews with each of our squad members. In your district, what problem or data prompted you to adopt a new literacy curriculum? How did you hope the curriculum you chose would help you address it? For some years, our district has […]
This blog series shares the curriculum implementation journeys of districts across the country, through interviews with each of our squad members. In your district, what problem or data prompted you to adopt a new literacy curriculum? How did you hope the curriculum you chose would help you address it? First we knew it was time. […]
This blog series shares the curriculum implementation journeys of districts across the country, through interviews with each of our squad members. In your district, what problem or data prompted you to adopt new curricula? How did you hope the curriculum you chose would help you address it? If you look back to 2015, our students […]
