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Struggling with Struggling Readers? New Book: The Reading Turn-Around
Finally…these things take so long… but the book I wrote with Lane Clarke and Grace Enriquez is finally in print: The Reading Turn-Around: A Five Part Framework for Differentiated Instructi… more →
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Struggling with Struggling Readers? New Book: The Reading Turn-Around
stephanie jones wrote 1 month ago: Finally…these things take so long… but the book I wrote with Lane Clarke and Grace Enriq … more →
A terrific short piece on the purpose of the university...
stephanie jones wrote 2 months ago: Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard, had a great piece in the New York Times Book Review Sunday … more →
Reading: The ongoing national focus
stephanie jones wrote 3 months ago: Tale as old as time True as it can be Barely even friends Then somebody bends Unexpectedly Just a li … more →
congrats - this is the first time I've liked the readings
stephanie jones wrote 3 months ago: …said a grad student in a recent class (on teaching in the elementary grades) meeting after re … more →
Beautiful Pedagogy...Foxfire Style
stephanie jones wrote 3 months ago: A bit of inspiration for all of us trying to stay grounded in our big fight over public school educa … more →
I just loooovvve Barbara O'Connor
stephanie jones wrote 4 months ago: I cried this afternoon. Yes, a “children’s chapter book” hooked me from the first … more →
Cheating on State Tests? Are We Surprised?
stephanie jones wrote 5 months ago: A friend in Dallas sent this article to me today: All 8th graders in a Dallas school district must r … more →
Georgia's Promotion/Retention Policies - Advocating for Parents, Students, Teachers, and Administrators
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stephanie jones wrote 5 months ago: We all know how ridiculous it is to decide a student’s fate on one test score. It doesn’ … more →
Reinventing Summer Camp and Schools...
stephanie jones wrote 6 months ago: Here’s a great piece about a super summer program offered at UGA and other places around the c … more →
How to Make School Not Suck #3 - Leave the state tests alone already!
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stephanie jones wrote 6 months ago: #6 Stop going on and on about the state tests even AFTER they’re over! We already know the stu … more →
How to Make School Not Suck #2 - Awards
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stephanie jones wrote 6 months ago: #5 Stop singling out the same kids over and over for school awards. You know exactly the kind of cel … more →
How to Make School Not Suck #1
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stephanie jones wrote 7 months ago: I’m aching to write a book called “School Sucks,” but I don’t want to be too … more →
Beware of Ruby Payne...a great resource for school districts
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stephanie jones wrote 11 months ago: Thanks to Jane Van Galen for posting a link to Scott McLeod’s discussion about Ruby Payne … more →
School kids rappin' and rockin' the vote!
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stephanie jones wrote 1 year ago: Check out this video on YouTube of a classroom of students informing and inspiring an adult crowd to … more →
Social class, education reform, and political affiliation
stephanie jones wrote 1 year ago: I’m a little behind on my reading these days, but there were two terrific articles in NYT maga … more →
Constructing texts to persuade voters...Critical literacies at work
stephanie jones wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a shout out to Karen Spector for sending this link: I’m Voting Republican It … more →
God, Politics, and Public Schooling: Interrogating the Separation of Church and State
stephanie jones wrote 1 year ago: This is such a hot issue in the media lately…perhaps we can all take advantage of it and help … more →
Blessed Unrest Review by Paul B. Scudder
stephanie jones wrote 1 year ago: Paul Scudder is a fine arts, commercial, and portrait photographer, master naturalist, and long-time … more →
Clean up the beach while on vacation?? Come on...
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stephanie jones wrote 1 year ago: Last week I was on vacation in Ft. Morgan, Alabama. It was gorgeous, especially the breeze in the ev … more →
