Joanne Jacobs
When high school students can't read
Angie Hackman teaches chemistry -- and reading, reports Hechinger's Julian Roberts-Grmela. Every teacher at Health Sciences High and...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 213 min read
Johnny can't read, and he's not in K-3 any more
Students who don't learn to decode quickly and automatically do not improve their reading comprehension.
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 17, 20231 min read
When fourth graders can't read
Third-, fourth- and fifth-grade teachers have many more students who read poorly because they missed out on decoding instruction when...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Teaching reading in high school
Memphis high schools are teaching reading skills to teenagers who didn't learn to read well in the early grades, reports Sarah Mervosh in...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Once they can decode, the next step is knowledge
The mainstream media has declared a victor in the "reading wars," writes Robert Pondiscio. Both TIME and The New Yorker had stories last...
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