Reading Challenges to Combat Summer Slide
“I know my students ended last school year with specific reading skills, so why am I having to review those same skills again this school year?”...
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How to Best Motivate Student Participation in Summer Programs
Summer is upon us! As educators, we welcome the break but at the same time, can’t help but worry that our students will squander the...
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How to Spend Your Summer Break
It’s “Summer, summer, summertime – Time to kickback and unwind”. For educators, this popular anthem for summer rings particularly true. After months of incessant planning, teaching...
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Going Off-Book: How One Educator Tailors Read to Lead to Fit her Classroom
Chicago educator and Director of Instruction for The Catalyst Schools’ Circle Rock Charter School, Erika Whitehead is passionate about using innovative lesson plans and resources to...
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Creating Community School Wide with Read to Lead
Opened in September 2018, The Brooklyn Green School was the brainchild of District 16 Superintendent Rahesha Amon-Harrison, who was looking to open a progressive middle school...
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Student Engagement and Gamification in Afterschool Time Programs
Afterschool programs allow students to participate in academic and extracurricular enrichment activities and develop new hobbies and skills outside of regular school hours. School staff members...
