Four out of five of the children labeled "learning disabled" are placed in that category due to dyslexia diagnosis. And learning-disability diagnoses have steadily increased in the past several decades, especially for non-physical disabilities. But, as a recent PBS report shows, most dyslexic children are not actually brain-impaired (although a minority are). What has handicapped … Continue reading Watch: Explosive PBS Report On How Phonics Prevents Learning-Disabled Diagnoses
Public School Leaders: We’ve Created A National Reading Crisis
"Research has documented what works to get kids to read, yet those evidence-based reading practices appear to be missing from most classrooms," write three public school administrators in a recent issue of Education Week, a prominent industry publication. "Systemic failures have left educators overwhelmingly unaware of the research on how kids learn to read," they … Continue reading Public School Leaders: We’ve Created A National Reading Crisis
Good Books for Middle and High School
An incomplete list of classic books from the course of literary wanderings, both from voracious reading and a librarian stint. They are delightful, well-written, and thought provoking. After all, isn’t the purpose of an excellent book to shape your thinking by dialogue with great minds across time? Books that are longer, harder to read, or … Continue reading Good Books for Middle and High School
Books Boys Will Read
This list is heavy in fantasy, because boys seem to like dragons and knights and wizards. If that bothers you, look up the book before you buy it or check it out of the library and are annoyed. I have listed those fantasy books more in the vein of C.S. Lewis rather than J.K. Rowling. … Continue reading Books Boys Will Read