4: The Superstar

Teachers call books published by Heinemann their bibles. The company's products are in schools all over the country. Some of the products used to teach reading are rooted in a debunked idea about how children learn to read. But they've made the company and some of its authors mil ...  عرض المزيد

Lucy Calkins says she has learned from the science of reading. She's revised her materials. Fountas and Pinnell have not revised theirs. Their publisher, Heinemann, is still selling some products to teach reading that contain debunked practices. Parents, teachers and lawmakers wa ...  عرض المزيد

About 50 years ago, the educator Lucy Calkins pioneered a technique called balanced literacy, which de-emphasized the use of phonics to teach reading. It was widely adopted in the United States, including in New York, the country’s largest public school system.

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There are few teachers who have created such disruptive change in education that they have earned the admiration of everyone from Michelle Obama, to Oprah to the Pope, amongst many. Stephen Ritz, the founder of Green Bronx Machine and Author of Power of a Plant as well as the Mak ...  عرض المزيد

The power of song: Laurie Taylor talks to James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of York and author of a new study which explores the cultural history of "Amazing Grace," one of the transatlantic world's most popular hymns and a powerful anthem for humanity ...  عرض المزيد