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 …
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Undoing the Damage Done Through Illegal Implementation of Reading First by Ken Goodman (2007)
The inspector General of the US Department of Education has documented flagrant conflicts of interest and illegal impositions of curriculum in negotiating the NCLB state contracts. Here are my views on what is needed to even partially undo the damage done.
The DIBELing of Little Children by Ken Goodman (2006)
Today’s parents of five year olds are hearing a new answer to the age old question, “What did you do in school today? “I got DIBELed.” …
When Books Kill a Love of Reading
I’m a big fan of children’s book illustrator/author, Dav Pikley. So, when I came across a beginning reader by him called, “Big Dog and Little Dog,” …
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A Modest Proposal
The irony could cause whiplash. Over the past thirty years, the EdTech community expended sufficient energy to colonize Mars fighting the idea of teaching children …
Gary Stager on Direct Instruction (2004)
The following opinion column from the October issue of District Administration Magazine caused the owner (and Editor-in-Chief) of the magazine to publish an apology in the very next issue. …
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The Huffington Post Gets Hoodwinked Again
Unlike most media outlets, The Huffington Post actually pretends to take an interest in education. However, I continue to believe that their Education section was …
The Games Teachers Play (2008)
We are cheating our students by turning reading into a game of dodgeball. There is lots of talk about games and education these days. Educators …
Schlock and Awe (2007)
Last week, my 7 year-old nephew, (let’s call him) Homer, brought home another stupendous homework assignment. He was required to read a phonics primer to …
Donald Graves R.I.P.
The world lost another great educator recently. Donald Graves, passed away at 80 years-old in late September. Graves was the author of numerous books on …