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Two Teachers Share How Adopting Wit & Wisdom® Shifted Test Preparation

Over a decade ago, E.D. Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio argued that reading tests are actually tests of knowledge. In other words, the more a student...

All Students Can Read Complex Texts

Research shows that meeting students where they are by providing easy-to-access texts will not prepare students for reading beyond the classroom....

How To Make English Language Arts Accessible For Multilingual Learners

After spending many years teaching grade 4, I took a leap into a middle school English learner teaching position. Within a week, I had a grade 5...

How To Support English Language Arts Students With The Universal Design For Learning Principles

How do UDL Principles Apply to Architecture and an English Language Arts (ELA) Lesson

Addressing Students’ Needs: Access and Equity for Students with Learning Disabilities

Equitable instruction includes careful consideration of and planning for access by all students, including students with learning disabilities....

Let’s Talk About Books and Best Practices in Literacy Instruction

Conversations are happening in school districts around the country about what children are learning and, notably, what they’re reading. At Great...

Prioritized Instruction for the 2021–2022 Academic Year

Prioritized Instruction for the 2021–2022 Academic Year: A Position Paper from the Great Minds® Humanities Team At Great Minds, we believe all...

In Baltimore, a School-Library Partnership is a Recipe for Success

What if a student could not only read Green Eggs and Ham but also explore cooking green eggs and ham?

The CASEL Framework in Action: How Wit & Wisdom® Integrates Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning

By Elizabeth Bailey, Hailey Basiouny, Nora Graham, Melissa Thompson, and Margaret W i lson

Your Guide to Surviving Your First Twitter Chat

Three Tips for Twitter Chat Success Educational Twitter chats are a great opportunity to grow your professional network from the comfort of your own...

North Carolina elementary school’s new ELA program makes local WLOS news

In the fall of 2016, Grade 3 classrooms in the North Carolina school were introduced to a new, standards-aligned curriculum that was poised to...

Beaufort County Schools Spotlight on Local TV Station

“Stop watering it down and build a ladder up. … Keep your bar high, but let’s provide scaffolding to get students to that bar.” —Suzanne Brantley,...

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