"We Miss When Our Teachers Could Actually Teach Us"
Jesus Christ this is bleak
Nick Covington
@covingtonedu.bsky.social
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Dad. Iowan. Former HS social studies teacher. (PFP illustrated by Farimah Khavari)
Dad. Iowan. Former HS social studies teacher. (PFP illustrated by Farimah Khavari)
![THE NEXT 30 YEARS
Why Knowledge-Rich Curriculum Never Wins
It’s not a lack of evidence. Ideological, professional, structural, and political obstacles remain—and many of them are fixed features of American education.
Robert Pondiscio
June 11 at 6:31 AM
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Last week, I spoke to a group of young education policy professionals about literacy, the “science of reading,” and knowledge-rich education. It’s a talk I’ve given in one form or another for years. I walk audiences through a series of demonstrations showing that reading comprehension is not simply a matter of decoding words on a page. Background knowledge matters. Vocabulary matters. Context matters. What readers already know largely determines what they can understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y4dkrhqph7kakgqa2ersnkif/bafkreic7vmsm3r3oodktswdayyjis4a4fuly2skp5zxqduynmlzx3pqjti)
