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Solving the Grit Problem

Thanks to a new friend, I just read an interesting little article on the struggle to name the set...
June 2, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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On Blooming

As a member of the team of educators and editors developing Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), I’m continually proud...
May 26, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Knowledge For Literacy

By Marilyn Jager Adams Marilyn Jager Adams, a visiting scholar in the Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Department of Brown...
May 18, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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A Successful Formula: Shared Curriculum + Shared Responsibility

A shorter version of this post originally appeared on the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog. Like pretty much...
May 12, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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From Dull to Vibrant: How Core Knowledge Provided an Excellent Platform for Student Writing

By Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds has been teaching for over ten years in grades K-2; she currently teaches second...
April 30, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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An appraisal of Core Knowledge Language Arts

By Ilene Shafran Ilene Shafran is a 2nd-grade teacher at PS 34 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This appraisal was originally published...
April 21, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Reading Comprehension: There’s No Workaround for Knowledge

By Greg Ashman Greg Ashman is a teacher in Australia. Supported by his school (but not necessarily representing its views), he...
April 13, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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No Progress on Accountability, No Hope for Equity

I try not to give in to despair, but in reading recent recommendations for the reauthorization of ESEA, I...
April 7, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Reading Recovery Works—Now Let’s Make It Even Better

Reading Recovery is an intensive intervention for first graders who are struggling to learn to read. Although its research...
March 31, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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What’s Working?

Slowly, steadily building the knowledge and capacity of administrators and teachers—that’s what’s working in school systems around the world....
March 24, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation