The reading “wars” have heated up again, but most teachers—and our students—could probably benefit from a “cease-fire.”
These posts offer suggestions to find a path forward in ways that can support all teachers and students alike.
1. Teachers, You Don’t Need to Choose Sides in the Reading Wars
Instead of arguing over who’s right, let’s focus attention on expanding knowledge about unresolved instructional issues. Read more.
2. Reading Research Is Getting Lost in Translation. What You Need to Know
There’s a yawning gap between what experts know will work and how that’s implemented in the classroom. Read more.
3. Tired of the Reading Wars? Become a Conscientious Objector
Teachers’ obligation is to their students. The research combined with the knowledge of individual students should be the guide. Read more.
4. How to Help Students With Their Writing. 4 Educators Share Their Secrets
In many classrooms, students are handcuffed by restrictive templates for assignments instead of getting to practice how to create. Read more.
5. 4 Educators Share Their Favorite Reading Lessons
Key to all these lessons is teachers’ effective use of instructional time through student engagement. Read more.
Similar content from Classroom Q&A and Education Week Opinion:
- The Essentials of Reading: What Teachers Must Know
- How to Help Students Embrace Reading. Educators Weigh In
- Reading Fluency: The Neglected Key to Reading Success
- A Focus on Phonics or Comprehension? What Reading Research Should Look Like in Practice
- 5 Tips to Help Teachers Put the Joy Back in Reading
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