Tennis and the Fallacy of Explicit Instruction
Anyone familiar with my work/scholarship knows that I am a constructionist who finds instruction to be severely overvalued. This is an admittedly unpopular view in …
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High-Quality Tech Options for Children & Families
Not all screens are created equally! There is a profound difference between how parents use an iPad to quiet a toddler at a pancake house …
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Lots! Global Diary #4
Curation is a form of good teaching. Great teachers provide just the right number of deliberate materials to ensure that the student has ample supply …
Paired Reading – AI & Reading
I just came across an article, No One is Talking About AI’s Impact on Reading, by Marc Watkins. I thought it would be useful to …
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Schools are My Happy Place – Global Diary #3
I spent the past two glorious weeks in-residence at Westbourne Grammar School, outside of Melbourne, Australia. It was a pure joy having such a spectacular …
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Who Does That? Global Diary #2
“I’m tired, but it’s a good kind of tired.” – David letterman <- Read previous entry 24 hours after arriving in Australia from India, the …
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Jonathan Kozol Speaks Out
by GARY STAGER Curriculum Administrator. Volume: 36. Issue: 8. Publication Date: September 2000. Page Number: 33. COPYRIGHT 2000 Professional Media Group LLC The acclaimed author …
Everything I Know about Reading Instruction I Learned from Oprah Winfrey
Today at 3, Oprah practices her schwa sound before an amazed audience! Contemporary language wars polarize and demonize advocates of phonics instruction and whole language …
Four Under-Discussed Thoughts on Teaching
While working in Italy recently, I took private tennis lessons with a new coach. That experience led me to think a lot about teaching (and …
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Technology is not the enemy
FOUNDER AND CEO OF CONSTRUCTING MODERN KNOWLEDGE, DR GARY STAGER, RECENTLY FLEW IN FROM THE U.S. AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT EDUTECH 2023. HE SAT …