Ask a multi-grade teacher what's planned for reading today, and you might want to pull up a chair. The answer could involve several grade levels,… Continue Reading Strategies for Successful Multi-Grade Teaching: A Q&A
Educators have known for decades that some students need reading interventions to become strong readers (Gersten et al., 2008). However, when 70–80% of students need… Continue Reading When Most Students Need Reading Interventions: A Q&A on the Tier 1.5 Approach
What should rural teachers know about a community before they are asked to teach its children? That question should be central to rural teacher preparation.… Continue Reading Successful Rural Teaching Starts with Taking Place Seriously
I work with district and school leaders across the country who want all students to succeed in reading. These leaders have invested deeply in building… Continue Reading From Insight to Impact: Using Teacher Perceptual Data to Strengthen Science of Reading Implementation
During our multi-year relationship with the Colorado Center for Rural Education (or CCRE), Marzano Research has shared findings from our work studying the relationship between rural teacher… Continue Reading From Research to Reader-Ready Communication: Supporting CCRE During a Critical Funding Moment
States from Alaska to Florida have lists of approved literacy vendors offering a variety of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and related professional development (PD) resources.… Continue Reading 5 Strategies to Find Your Match from a Literacy Vendor List
A New Phase of Literacy Reform Over the past several years, literacy has become one of the most significant areas of education policy reform in… Continue Reading From Early Grade Initiatives to Measurable Results K–12: The Next Era of State Literacy Reform
As workforce needs evolve and educational priorities shift, Career and Technical Education (CTE) is moving to the center of conversations about preparing students for success… Continue Reading Secrets to Successful Rural CTE: 10 Questions to Help Leaders and Teams Strategize
Education leaders must use data and evidence to make good decisions. No one disputes this. But where does this data and evidence come from, and… Continue Reading Internal or External Evaluation? When to Say, “Both, Please!”
Preparing, Implementing, and Sustaining Comprehensive Literacy Initiatives In education policy and practice, I would argue no area is as crucial as literacy. Literacy forms the… Continue Reading Literacy Crisis? How States Are Turning the Page