Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School is a guide for principals searching for ways to improve K-5 reading instruction and student reading achievement. It serves as a “quick start,” pointing elementary principals toward critical elements of effective reading programs and interventions. The guide identifies critical tasks for principals to lead schoolwide literacy efforts that reap results.
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CCSSO Call to Action and “Science of Reading” Podcast
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) report–A Nation of Readers: How State Chiefs Can Help Every Child Learn to Read–is a call to action for state leaders to support evidence-based reading instructional practices, impact student reading development, and close reading gaps. For additional insight, The Education Trust podcast interviews reading researcher and National Reading Panel (NRP) lead, Timothy […]
Why High-Quality Instructional Materials Matter: Interview with Dr. Jared Myracle
Recovering from COVID: The Toll of Crisis Management on School District Leadership Teams
This article from Medora highlights the need to support school district leaders through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSR) funds as they navigate the COVID-19 crisis. The article outlines how state and local education agencies can provide district support such as defining and understanding the new normal, investing in leadership capacity building, and providing mental health support to […]
Developing Educator Expertise to Work with Adolescent English Learners
These three modules are based on a series of conversations from summer 2020 between Aída Walqui, the Director of the National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners, and renowned linguists and educators from around the world who have made significant contributions to the study of multilingualism. Each conversation focused on particular research advances in the […]