The past week of my professional life has been dedicated to meeting with teachers and reflecting on their writing workshops. The gist of our meetings involves discussing successes and general good stuff happening in workshop, as well as goals and hopes for next year. I'm touched by how driven many teachers are in the quest… Continue reading thinking things through.
Tag: NCLB
Reading First Was Deemed “Ineffective”
The NY Times published an article entitled, "An Initiative on Reading Is Rated Ineffective" today. Not exactly a shocker most of us literacy educators, but perhaps shocking to others who haven't followed this part of the NCLB Legislation that closely. I know this blog is about writing, but I felt I'd be remiss if I… Continue reading Reading First Was Deemed “Ineffective”
