At least the New York Times agrees with me…

Posted on August 30, 2009 in Instruction by InnerEd  Tagged , , , , ,

No sooner do I publish my post on reading problems and doing sustained silent reading then the New York Times has an article about a teacher doing the same thing.  I certainly didn’t invent it; I got it from another teacher in Knoxville and a book that he had.  I like the piece’s comments on [...]

Three Ideas Behind Reading Problems

Posted on August 22, 2009 in Instruction,Philosophy by InnerEd  Tagged , , , , , ,

The Tennessean‘s editorial yesterday wailed about the state’s poor reading scores on the NAEP.  This should not really be news to follower’s of this blog as I have pointed (background:   see here and here) to the woefully inadequate definitions of “proficiency” that is set by the state’s own tests.  The national NAEP points to [...]