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What Teachers and Parents Can Do to Stop the Summer Reading Slide

Students from high and low socioeconomic homes have been found to make similar gains on reading during the school year (Alexander, Entwistle, & Olson, 2004). It’s what happens in the summer that contributes to a growing gap in low- and high-income students’ reading. During the summer, low-income children either fall or stagnate during the summer, while higher-income children continue to progress or maintain their reading levels. By fourth-grade, the accumulated differences over several summers are reflected in a significant gap between low- and high-income students.

Music in Schools

The question at the heart of this booklet is whether time should be alloted during the school time for music education.  Music is an important part of our lives, but how important is music education compared to language arts, math, science and social science?

Exercise in School

It is a given that students, everyone, should exercise during the day.  But with all that schools are trying to accomplish in the school day, should time be set aside for PE?

School Time

With talks of extending the school day and/or school year, what are some of the point view in this issue?

Looking “Within” the Lexile for More Guidance: Word Frequency and Sentence Length

Teachers should use the lexile rating as an initial piece of information, much like a check of someone’s temperature. A temperature can be high or low for lots of different reasons. The average sentence length and average word frequency gives teachers more specific information that is useful for decision-making.

Editorial Board

Martha Adler University of Michigan, Dearborn Victoria Appatova University of Cincinnati Kathie Bach Apex Learning Marco Bravo Santa Clara University Devon Brenner Mississippi State University… Read More »Editorial Board

Give

The Oxford English Dictionary contains dozens of definitions for give. The most common definition, however, is the physical transfer of an object.

Teach

Teach is a verb meaning to show, explain, instruct and generally impart knowledge to someone. Teaching can occur in a formal setting such as a lecture class, or in a casual exchange between a father and son, perhaps as they repair a car or fish off a pier.

More

More is a word that can be used in more ways than you might imagine! In general, more helps in making comparisons between different quantities.

Less

The word less shares some traits with its counterpart, more. It, too, is a comparative word that functions as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun, but less refers to smaller rather than larger quantities.