Math is the furthest thing from a spectator sport; it may be explored by groups, but it can only mastered by students interacting with it on an individual basis.

To understand spiral curricula, spaced repetition, and the difference between these things, it helps to visualize the corresponding forgetting curves. In the default mode of instruction, large groups of related material are covered all at once and are not systematically

Gen Z has about the same computer literacy as boomers because what do you mean I need to spend 20 minutes of my life helping HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS reset their passwords because they can’t remember them

You know what’s crazy about Frankie Beverly passing? Black folks are collectively mourning one of our favorite uncles and no one else would understand because he so exclusively was talking to us. Like Frankie made BLACK MUSIC. He sold out arenas with black music

So we are all clear it is NOT evidence-based intervention if the instruction is not explicit, prescriptive, and diagnostic. In addition, students need to be given immediate specific feedback about what they are doing well and what they are not and should be afforded ample

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I’m getting really worn out by adult literacy foundations and departments that define “adult literacy” as above 4th grade level-reading skills: As the director of a Literacy Volunteers of America branch told me, “You can’t teach reading if the skills are below 4th grade level.”

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Shit Nonprofits Say Except against our own staff.

The biggest lie in education is that it’s possible for teachers to differentiate instruction to a classroom full of kids.

“Teachers need more training to differentiate properly.” No, chasing the differentiation dragon is a logistical problem, not a training problem. It is demanding the impossible to expect teachers to teach remedial skills and grade level skills and advanced skills all at once.

Zach Groshell Differentiation: Because reading aptitudes vary so widely in young children, reading instruction might best be done as a pull-out (in a quiet room). Or maybe, children shouldn't be grouped by age/grade but something else altogether.

I'll tell you something that's true: Most teachers *hate* differentiation because they know, through experience, that it is not possible to do well or to do fairly.

The main problem with differentiation is this: it asks us to bridge a gap that is much too far. In many situations, we're forced to pretend that two students of widely divergent abilities can learn the same thing. They can't. It necessitates unfairness to one or the other.

We have 2 truths happening in most classrooms. One is some students are drowning in material that is well above their heads. They need foundational skills. The other is some students are bored out of their minds. They need to be taught advanced material in a shorter timeframe.

Zach Groshell This is what happens when you prioritize organizing by age over ability.

George Jackson Bob Felice Plenty of schools, although certainly not the majority, use placement testing to determine the entry point into the curriculum. The reality is that schools could do this easily but don't.

Our teacher developed academic vocabulary measure correlated with iReady total reading comprehension score at 0.93 for my class of 5th graders - so why are we administering lengthy reading comprehension tests? IT IS A WASTE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME!

If you fuss at a kid publicly, try to give them an *equally* public chance at redemption (or some other reminder that it’s all love) the SAME period. Call on them, joke with them, smile at them, etc Our brains are set up to remember how things end. It’s important to end well.

Move over, Fox News, there's a new conservative propaganda machine in town--one directed squarely at kids. And its propaganda is subtly hidden in ways that might lead families not to notice what their kids are being taught. Let me explain. A🧵... 1/