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A Beginning List Of The Best Posts & Articles On Accelerated Reader

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:48:21 GMT

Many teachers are familiar with the incentive-laden Accelerated Reader program. I was horrified by it during the the one year I taught in a middle school where it was used. I thought I’d begin a list sharing posts and article … Continue reading →

Does Intensive Phonics Instruction Treat Students Like Baboons?

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:03:41 GMT

You may have seen reports on the study released this week showing that baboon could learn to distinguish between true English words and fake ones. Here’s how Ed Yong explained it: Grainger thinks that the baboons learned to tell the … Continue reading →

Krashen On Bribing Students To Read

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:36:01 GMT

In the next week or two, The Washington Post will be publishing a piece I’ve written about some recent examples of schools paying students cash for attendance and performing academic work. While I was writing it, I revisited a well-known … Continue reading →

Voice Of America Expands Its English Learning Features

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:10:04 GMT

Voice of America has had its great Special English section for year, offering accessible news stories for those who are learning English. But I’ve always wondered why they didn’t have more online learning activities — it seemed to me to be a natural extension. Well, it appears that they reached the same conclusion. I’m [...]

Family Literacy Project Update

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:47:38 GMT

Regular readers are probably familiar with the internationally-recognized Family Literacy Project we have at our school that provides computers and home internet access to immigrant families. They, in turn, use the technology for English language development activities. We have also worked with the Sacramento Mutual Housing Association (SMHA) to expand the project to [...]

Chasing Rainbows

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:12:50 GMT

Based on standardized test scores, this year my school has focused on improving our students’ reading comprehension. Every now and then we have been shown scores and have been encouraged to increase the amount of reading that we require, particularly the reading of nonfiction texts. We’ve had staff development on how to increase reading comprehension [...]