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Tag: literacy

Science Lost the Reading Wars

The real loser of the “reading war” was science, in that kids are not being taught in a way that is proven to work for most children.

October 26, 2018October 25, 2018 Shane Vander Hart
Education Reform literacy, phoenics, whole language3 Comments on Science Lost the Reading Wars

4th Graders Scores Drop with International Literacy Assessment

If Common Core is all that it is cracked up to be, we should have seen an increase in scores on assessments like PIRLS, not a decline.

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core State Standards Common Core, Common Core ELA Standards, literacy, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, Susan Pimentel, Timothy Shanahan1 Comment on 4th Graders Scores Drop with International Literacy Assessment

Prior Should Research the Bad News of the Common Core

Before Dr. Karen Swallow Prior continues to laud the “good news of the Common Core” to Christians she should spend more time researching the bad.

July 10, 2013 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core State Standards Christianity Today, Common Core ELA Standards, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, good news, Karen Swallow Prior, literacy, People of the Book
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