by Erica Woolway At a workshop in Fayette County, GA today, I had the pleasure of showing several rockstar teachers (BreOnna Tindall in Denver, Jaime Johnson in Gwinett, Christine Torres in Massachusetts) work their magic with our Reading Reconsidered Curriculum and I was reminded once again by what a gift it is for teachers and students…
TLAC is excited to share our newest Plug and Plays that were authored, along with this blog post, by our colleague Alonte Johnson-James. The biggest barrier to students’ comprehension is often word knowledge or vocabulary. The biggest barrier to teachers’ abilities to support students is often understanding the best approach(es) to use in helping students to…
Tim Shanahan is one of the country’s foremost experts on literacy. He’s a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he founded and directed its Center for Literacy. Though he understands the research on reading as well as anyone in the field, he’s also done plenty of real-world work, having been principal…
The premise of Teach Like a Champion you could argue is: When in a pickle, ask a great teacher. All of the useful ideas in it, I borrowed from people who are smarter than me. I’m not really a huge policy guy but really it’s hard to ignore policy when you’re in education. It’s everywhere. So…