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Thought leadership supporting the latest innovations in K-12 education.

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When Phonics Meets Fantasy: A Joyful Path to Reading

Help your students engage with reading! Moonlit Mountain Readers is a collection of decodable books designed to build phonics and early literacy skills through fantasy stories and engaging characters.

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Part three of our series The AI Conversation for Educators, hosted by Meenoo Rami. This series explores the question: How can we uphold human values and the purpose of education in a world shaped by generative AI?

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Teaching for Thinking is now available as an audiobook! Listen to the book in authors Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta's voices.

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When thinking about how to build our students’ vocabularies, it helps to consider that we learn words incrementally, through multiple exposures, and in waves; the difference between word breadth and depth; and when you learn one word, you learn multiple words.

6 Powerful Ways Real-World Content Captivates Striving Readers

Real-world content connects reading to the world around us, inspiring curiosity, building knowledge, and supporting literacy growth.

Facilitatetrickyconversations

When uncomfortable conversations or questions arise around topics in books, we need to know how to respond. Pause calmly. Push back without shaming, and teach into a skill.

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Part two of our series The AI Conversation for Educators, hosted by Meenoo Rami. This series explores the question: How can we uphold human values and the purpose of education in a world shaped by generative AI?

Teachingdigitalworld blog

We're in a digital world now. Rather than try to avoid technology, we can embrace this moment by giving students opportunities to grow both their empathy and their critical thinking.

Newteachchecklists

These checklists help you evaluate potential schools to find the right environment for you to thrive in, and methods for continued growth throughout the school year.

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Part one of our series The AI Conversation for Educators, hosted by Meenoo Rami. This series explores the question: How can we uphold human values and the purpose of education in a world shaped by generative AI?

Engage Students with Fantasy Decodable Books: Meet the Heroes of Moonlit Mountain Readers

Help your students engage with reading! Moonlit Mountain Readers is a collection of decodable books designed to build phonics and early literacy skills through fantasy stories and engaging characters.

Teachimplicitbias

Teaching implicit bias is not about publicly divulging or confessing biases, but to become aware of and interrupt the biases at work inside our own heads.

4 Practical Strategies to Bring the Active View of Reading into Your K–2 Classroom

In this post, we’ll share four simple, classroom-ready strategies for applying the Active View of Reading in K–2 instruction.

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When you make the decision to move beyond long-used textbooks, you might wonder, what will kids read?

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Updated K-6 math curriculum features increased digital support and adaptive technology alongside new assessment opportunities.

4 Research-Backed Reasons for Why Decodable Texts Work

Decodable texts give students the chance to apply what they’ve learned about sound-spelling relationships.

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How do you celebrate Pride as an LGBTQ educator? Learn how to carry your Pride, even if quietly: steal five minutes; talk to a friend; notice beauty; write something; talk to a friend, and love yourself softly.