Minding the Gap
Natalie WexlerA newsletter about education, cognitive science, and fairness from Natalie Wexler, author of The Knowledge Gap.
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Do Knowledge-Building Curricula Really Lack Whole Books?
I’ve written previously about the apparent trend away from assigning whole books in K-12 classrooms—a trend that has sparked concern. While most of the attention has been focused on the lack of novels in the high school English curri...
What Teachers Think About the 'Science of Reading'
A new study surveyed a representative sample of American K-3 teachers about the “science of reading,” finding some good news and some not-so-good. It was done by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education think tank, in conjunctio...
How to Make Social Studies "Magical"
It’s late October in a New York City classroom where students have been learning about American history since the beginning of the school year. A slight boy sits on a wooden stool facing a whiteboard, his legs swinging, as his teache...
Has Technology "Broken" an Education System That Was "Just Fine"?
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There are still plenty of boosters of education technology—including, recently, Melania Trump—but it’s impossible to ignore the tsunami of backlash against it. Among the most prominent critics is a tea...
How Can You Tell If a Curriculum Truly Builds Knowledge?
When I speak to groups of educators around the country, teachers sometimes tell me their district is using a knowledge-building elementary literacy curriculum. I usually ask which one, because I know that not everything that’s labele...
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Author, Beyond the Science of Reading and The Knowledge Gap; co-author (with Judith Hochman), The Writing Revolution. Host of Season 1 of the Knowledge Matters Podcast.
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