Month: February 2021
Teaching Algebra to Students With Learning Disabilities: Where Have We Come and Where Should We Go?
This review investigates effective interventions for teaching algebra to students with learning disabilities and evaluates the complexity and alignment of skills with the Common Core State Standards in math. The review includes the results of 10 experimental and 5 single-subject…
Do Charter Schools Cream Skim High Achievers and Push Out Low-Performing Students?
EdNext Podcast: On State Standardized Testing, Flexibility Is Key
Designing on the page: Composing picturebooks in a Kevin Henkes author study
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Ahead of Print. A team of four general education second grade teachers, who work in a neighbourhood state elementary school in a large urban area in the northeast United States, and their staff developer, redesigned…
Examining the Relationships of Component Reading Skills to Reading Comprehension in Struggling Adult Readers: A Meta-Analysis
The current study employed a meta-analytic approach to investigate the relative importance of component reading skills to reading comprehension in struggling adult readers. A total of 10 component skills were consistently identified across 16 independent studies and 2,707 participants. Random…
Ethnic Studies in California
Getting Books in Children’s Hands: Creating a Citywide Book Distribution Policy Using a Mixed-Methods Geospatial Approach
American Educational Research Journal, Ahead of Print. Recognizing the academic benefits of access to print for young children, book distribution programs abound in the United States. Designed to promote book ownership for low-income families, programs have unique delivery systems, leading…