Liana Heitin
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Common Core Gives Nod to Digital Skills
The Common Core State Standards allow for technology use in the classroom, but they don't make a big push for teaching digital literacy. → Read More
How Should Reading Be Taught in a Digital Era?
Most experts agree that even the very youngest students should be learning with a mix of print and digital texts. → Read More
What Is Digital Literacy?
For educators, digital literacy means much more than learning to read online. Here's a guide to understanding it. → Read More
What Is Digital Literacy?
For educators, digital literacy means much more than learning to read online. Here's a guide to understanding it. → Read More
Why don't the common-core standards include cursive writing?
Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is a polarizing one in the K-12 education world. → Read More
E.D. Hirsch on Why Text Complexity Is a 'Myth' (Audio Interview)
In these audio clips, the author and retired professor discusses how background knowledge affects reading comprehension, why he thinks the common core's focus on reading complex texts is useless, and what education policymakers can learn from France. → Read More
E.D. Hirsch on Why Text Complexity Is a 'Myth' (Audio Interview)
In these audio clips, the author and retired professor discusses how background knowledge affects reading comprehension, why he thinks the common core's focus on reading complex texts is useless, and what education policymakers can learn from France. → Read More
Cultural-Literacy Creator Carries On Campaign
In a new book, E.D. Hirsch Jr. makes another pitch for putting a knowledge-based curriculum in schools—but not for the common core. → Read More
Math Students From High-Performing Countries Memorize Less, PISA Shows
Students in the highest-performing countries for mathematics are less reliant on memorization strategies than their peers in lower performing-countries, according to a new analysis of international assessment data. → Read More
Math Students From High-Performing Countries Memorize Less, PISA Shows
Students in the highest-performing countries for mathematics are less reliant on memorization strategies than their peers in lower performing-countries, according to a new analysis of international assessment data. → Read More
Math Students From High-Performing Countries Memorize Less, PISA Shows
Students in the highest-performing countries for mathematics are less reliant on memorization strategies than their peers in lower performing-countries, according to a new analysis of international assessment data. → Read More
Why Don't the Common-Core Standards Include Cursive Writing?
In a recent interview, one of the lead writers of the reading standards explained that the decision was about prioritiesand that learning to use technology took precedence. But what does the research say? → Read More
Why Don't the Common-Core Standards Include Cursive Writing?
In a recent interview, one of the lead writers of the reading standards explained that the decision was about prioritiesand that learning to use technology took precedence. But what does the research say? → Read More
Why Don't the Common-Core Standards Include Cursive Writing?
In a recent interview, one of the lead writers of the reading standards explained that the decision was about prioritiesand that learning to use technology took precedence. But what does the research say? → Read More
Video: New STEM Teachers Learn at the Museum
As part of a special report on ways to support new teachers, the Ed Week video team examined a program for first- and second-year science educators held at San Francisco's hallowed Exploratorium. → Read More
Video: New STEM Teachers Learn at the Museum
As part of a special report on ways to support new teachers, the Ed Week video team examined a program for first- and second-year science educators held at San Francisco's hallowed Exploratorium. → Read More
Video: New STEM Teachers Learn at the Museum
As part of a special report on ways to support new teachers, the Ed Week video team examined a program for first- and second-year science educators held at San Francisco's hallowed Exploratorium. → Read More
Teachers Review 'Promising' Digital Tools for English/Language Arts Instruction
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is publishing reviews, written by teachers, of free and low-cost digital tools that can supplement classroom curricula. → Read More
Teachers Review 'Promising' Digital Tools for English/Language Arts Instruction
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is publishing reviews, written by teachers, of free and low-cost digital tools that can supplement classroom curricula. → Read More
Adding Funding for Textbooks Can Increase Student Achievement, Study Finds
Keeping low-income, struggling schools up to date with textbooks can give a boost to reading and math performance. → Read More