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Learning Loss Guide for Educators, Caregivers, and Community Leaders
Read more: Learning Loss Guide for Educators, Caregivers, and Community LeadersEducators need fresh ideas, tools, and resources, as well as innovative ways to combat learning loss and, more specifically, reading loss. This guide is for educators, school district administrators, families, and community leaders, delving into how to define learning loss in relation to reading loss, what experts believe causes it, its impact on individuals and…
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Preparing for Back to School
Read more: Preparing for Back to SchoolBack-to-school time is here! Sales are in full force, teachers are getting their classrooms ready, and families are taking their last trips and vacations. The start of school means that late nights are over, as well as spending excessive time playing video games. It is back to early mornings, gathering homework, and getting everyone out…
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Poverty, access to books, and summer reading loss
Read more: Poverty, access to books, and summer reading lossRichard L. Allington is a professor of education at the University of Tennessee and has served as the president of the International Reading Association, president of the National Reading Conference, and as a member of the International Reading Association Board of Directors. He is also a director of Kids Read Now. Anne McGill-Franzen is a…
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Closed Captions Help Reading
Read more: Closed Captions Help ReadingFinland has long been one of the top countries in the world regarding reading scores. The last time that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores, Finland was ranked fourth in the world. The Finnish school system has always enjoyed a place at the top…
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Activites that Promote Summer Reading
Read more: Activites that Promote Summer ReadingNo longer required to be in a classroom for hours every day, students spend their summers relaxing and trying to pack all the fun in they can before fall. While they have certainly earned a break after nine months of school, taking a full summer off from learning is dangerous. It can lead to the…
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How to Recharge Over Summer Break
Read more: How to Recharge Over Summer BreakThe school year is over. The paperwork is complete, grades are processed and submitted, and your classroom is clean and ready for next year. Time for a well-deserved break! Spending long hours in the classroom grading and carrying out all of the extra activities that are part of a teacher’s daily routine can make the…
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School’s Out Until September, According to New Ohio Bill
Read more: School’s Out Until September, According to New Ohio BillThe summer slide is starting this week for most Ohio students. But it’s not the slippery steel slope kids enjoy on the playground. It’s the downward slide of skills, especially reading skills, that affects all children when they stop learning. They start sliding backward. Children can lose two to three months in reading skills over…
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Literacy and the Bridge to Opportunity
Read more: Literacy and the Bridge to OpportunityLisa Soricone is associate research director for the Building Economic Opportunity Group at Jobs for the Future, a national nonprofit that builds educational and economic opportunity for underserved populations in the United States. Soricone works to help low-skilled adults advance to careers that can support families, while enabling employers to build and sustain a productive…
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Why Fighting the Summer Slide Matters
Read more: Why Fighting the Summer Slide MattersIn the mid-19th century, students did not see anything like the modern summer break. The rise of the summer break in schools is a product of a shift from rural to urban living. Early cities were hot and dirty. Parents who could leave the city to the cooler countryside did. This left schools half full…