By Rachel Gabriel Like a message in a bottle that first crashed on to shore on a wave of reforms – only to be carried out and back in again by smaller waves and currents – teacher evaluation has come,…
Legislative Report – Fall 2014
By Ann Marie Mulready, Ph.D. For literacy professionals, the most important development at the Connecticut State Board of Education (CSBE/SBE) this year is the K-3 State-wide Reading Plan. The plan is required by Public Act 12-116, An Act Concerning Education Reform,…
BOOK REVIEW: Quantity and Quality: Increasing the Volume and Complexity of Students’ Reading
Review by Adrienne Chasteen Snow Author: Sandra Wilde ISBN: 978-0-325-04796-6 Publisher: Heinemann Audience: K-12 Classroom Teachers and Reading/Literacy Specialists, Coaches, and Consultants Protected time for reading and literacy instruction is a norm in most public elementary schools, Language Arts has traditionally gotten…
BOOK REVIEW: Uncommon Core: Where the Authors of the Standards Go Wrong About Instruction-and How You Can Get It Right
Reviewed by Agnes Burns Authors: Michael W. Smith, Deborah Appleman, and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm ISBN: 978-1-4833-3352-6 Publisher: Corwin Literacy Audience: Educators, Administrators, and Curriculum Specialists at the Secondary Level Educators are familiar with the confusion and controversies that have surrounded…
Preparing Literacy Specialists in Connecticut: Perceptions, Realities, and Policies (A Preview of the Research)
by Dr. Dianna Sisson and Dr. Betsy Sisson, Sisson & Sisson Educational Consulting Services, LLC AUTHOR’S NOTE: CARR is currently conducting original research on Connecticut universities’ preparation of literacy specialists. The following is an excerpt from the complete study that…