Access to Educational Technology
Today is Digital Learning Day. Educators know that access to computers is only half the battle when it comes to …
Celebrating Student Diversity
Teachers need continued support and professional development to enable all their students, including their bilingual students, to succeed. Teaching linguistically …
Early Childhood Literacy
Important literacy development happens in the early years, but not all early childhood literacy instruction is developmentally appropriate. What early …
Providing ALL Students with Opportunities to Learn
What policies in your school, school system, or state support learners with special needs? What about at the federal level? …
Right to Write
Writing is one of the central pillars of developing strong literacy skills, and the 2015 policy platform builds a request …
Community Involvement
When 51ÁÔÆæ asked survey respondents to talk about how families and communities could be involved in decision making around assessment, …
What’s Your State Doing about Literacy?
All signs suggest that the new version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) will push more of the …
It’s Advocacy Day! Spread the Word.
Today educators are gathering on Capitol Hill to speak to legislators about pieces of 51ÁÔÆæ’s 2015 Education Policy Platform. Even …
Literacy is Everyone’s Job
The challenges of providing all students with equal access to high-quality literacy learning are vast, and one thing is certain—we …
A Common Language for Responding to Writing
The following is a response to the Assessment Story Project we got from Matt, a college educator. He’s addressing the question: What …