Hello there,
Forty-two percent of school-aged children struggle to advance beyond basic levels of reading comprehension. Sarah Scott Frank, founder of OpenLiteracy, mentioned this to me one day, followed by a litany of contributing factors. She told me that licensure requirements and teacher evaluation systems don't address the specialized knowledge and skills necessary for elementary teachers to effectively address early literacy. Fortunately, we now have a micro-credential program for teaching elementary literacy. Read more in Sarah's guest blog below.
There's only a few more days to sign up for the Gamification national learning cohort from iLearn Collaborative. This is one of several approaches for engaging students in a tech-enabled classroom. I highly recommend districts to enroll a small group of 5 or 10 teachers to try this out.
Best,
Sanford Kenyon
CEO, BloomBoard