Books to help young learners acclimate to school
Books to help young learners acclimate to school
September 12, 2019
Categories:
Reading
School can be an exciting, strange, and even scary experience for our youngest learners! One way to help them adjust to the new environment, schedule, and people is with books that reflect their own experiences and emotions. Through [...]
Literacy and numeracy skills: Exploring the connection between key skills in preschool
Literacy and numeracy skills: Exploring the connection between key skills in preschool
August 1, 2019
Categories:
Assessment,
Math,
Reading
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myIGDIs
Early literacy and early numeracy are two important skills that develop during the early childhood period. These skills are critical for early school success, and children’s performance in these areas tends to be stable over time (e.g., Missall, Mercer, Martinez, [...]
What does a great mathematician look like?
What does a great mathematician look like?
July 18, 2019
Categories:
Math
Let’s face it: When talking about brilliant mathematicians, even the most experienced teachers tend to talk about the same handful of figures, from Euclid to Sir Isaac Newton. While these individuals made major contributions to the field of mathematics, they [...]
Reviewing core instruction in reading
Reviewing core instruction in reading
July 16, 2019
Schools are responsible for providing effective education to all students. To do this, teachers must consider individual students’ learning needs while also providing daily whole-class instruction. To effectively balance the needs of all students, schools often implement increasingly more intensive [...]
Bonus What Kids Are Reading lists for middle and high school
Bonus What Kids Are Reading lists for middle and high school
June 27, 2019
Categories:
Reading
What Kids Are Reading is the world’s largest annual study of K–12 students’ reading habits. The 2019 report examines the reading records of more than 8.7 million students across the United States to identify the most-read [...]
A Q&A with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton
A Q&A with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton
June 13, 2019
Categories:
Literacy,
Reading
“I don’t need easy, I just need possible.” – Bethany Hamilton In 2003 at the age of 13, Bethany Hamilton lost her left arm to a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing in Kauai, Hawaii. Just one [...]
How to run an effective PLC meeting
How to run an effective PLC meeting
May 16, 2019
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have become popular in K–12 schools and districts due to: While PLCs have a lot of value to offer, districts often encounter a number of logistical and procedural challenges in their PLC structure and culture. In [...]
A Q&A with Dr. Jane Goodall
A Q&A with Dr. Jane Goodall
April 25, 2019
Categories:
Reading
The world-famous scientist answers readers’ questions. In the 1960s, with no formal academic training, Dr. Jane Goodall traveled from London, England, into the forests of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to observe chimpanzees in the wild. Dr. Goodall lived [...]
What nonfiction books kids are reading
What nonfiction books kids are reading
April 4, 2019
Categories:
Reading
Are our students reading enough nonfiction? And, perhaps more importantly, are they understanding the nonfiction texts they read? In this analysis, we take a closer look at the data behind What Kids Are Reading, the world’s [...]
A visit to Centuro Educativo Escuela Cabeza de Toro in the Dominican Republic
A visit to Centuro Educativo Escuela Cabeza de Toro in the Dominican Republic
March 28, 2019
In March, a group of Renaissance employees had the chance to visit a local school in the Dominican Republic with the help of AmStar. Part of the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation after Cuba. Around 10 [...]
