Posted inEnglish Language Learners

The Headlines About Student Reading Levels are Sobering, But There’s Hope if We Change the Conditions for Kids

This morning I opened my laptop, and in my inbox, there were two article titles on reading levels that immediately gave me anxiety. Why Minnesotan kids lag in their reading level, and what can be done to help Half of elementary students not reading at grade level I immediately shut my laptop and went on […]

Posted inCurrent Events in Education

Your Students Deserve a Diverse Classroom Library. Here’s How to Set It Up.

Diverse Classroom Library: Our classroom libraries are in trouble. Just as more teachers are learning that their libraries need books that reflect their student populations, they also have to fight policies at the district and state levels that ban many of these same books from their libraries. Florida, for example, is banning certain materials in classroom libraries […]

Posted inPedagogy

6 Reasons to Use Read-Alouds Daily

Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! The purpose of a read-aloud can be both entertainment and academic. From the academic perspective, read-alouds help build important foundational skills. Read-alouds provide a model of fluent and expressive reading, as well as an introduction to new and content-specific vocabulary. […]