The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
I hope that anyone reading this is healthy and sane during this period of uncertainty. Teachers and kids alike are grieving over the loss of …
Why is Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, suing a middle school librarian?
I believe this period in American education will be characterized as the pedagogy of the absurd. Nothing better illustrates this than DIBELS…
In spite of the scandal in the administration of Reading First uncovered in the Inspector General’s report and in spite of the alarming number of …
Once a decade or so, the New York Times publishes a hysterical article about “the reading wars,” in which the argument for systematic phonics instruction …
There are but a few reading memories I have from my childhood. I loved McCloskey’s Homer Price, The MAD Adventures of Captain Klutz, Woody Allen’s Without Feathers, D’aulaire’s Book …
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 …
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 …