Welcoming Schools 

Cape Henlopen Schools has worked to bring these concepts to the staff through inservice and conversations.

HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the nation's premier professional development program providing training and resources to elementary school educators to welcome diverse families, create LGBTQ and gender-inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying and support transgender and non-binary students.

Learning to Read Controversy

What's Wrong with How Schools Teach Reading?

An old method for teaching reading is examined with important implications.
Source: https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading

"To be clear, there's nothing wrong with pictures. They're great to look at and talk about, and they can help a child comprehend the meaning of a story. Context — including a picture if there is one — helps us understand what we're reading all the time. But if a child is being taught to use context to identify words, she's being taught to read like a poor reader.

Many educators don't know this because the cognitive science research has not made its way into many schools and schools of education."

Time to End Timed Tests?

Take a look at the Ed Weekly article - an argument for ending timed testing.

Time to End Timed Testing?

Mentor Texts for Teachers from NY Times

When you need help teaching ELA turn to the NY Times Learning Network 

The latest works with Mentor Texts

Noah Webster

A great and popular resource for teaches is Common Lit.

Here's a link to a thought provoking work about Noah Webster.

Best Predictor of Success

What's Executive Function and Why Does it Matter?

Executive Function Video

from Edutopia, August 15, 2019

"Executive function is the brain’s air traffic controller, intercepting a tangle of thoughts and impulses and steering them toward safe, productive outcomes. Executive function allows children to improve their abilities to stay focused, plan ahead, regulate their emotions, and think flexibly and creatively."

Executive function remains one of the most reliable predictors of success in academics and in life, beating out test scores, IQ, and socioeconomic status. 

Ed Reports New Compare Tool

Compare tool
Explore the EdReports compare tool as a resource to support you throughout your district's materials adoption process.