Tag: discussion
Keyboarding or cursive? A Q/A with Francie Alexander
By Alex on January 31st, 2013
In response to the great comments we received on the “Is cursive something kids should learn?” post, we thought it would be fun to have Francie Alexander, Chief Academic Officer of Scholastic, stop by OOM to answer some cursive questions formore… full post
Is cursive something kids should learn?
By Alex on January 23rd, 2013
In honor of National Handwriting Day, I thought it would be interesting to explore a topic that has been popping up in the news lately—is cursive a necessary skill for students to learn? Just last week my coworkers and I got into a conversationmore… full post
Looking for miracles
By Suzanne on January 10th, 2013
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. Welcome, Suzanne McCabe, a longtime editor of Junior Scholastic magazine. If you’re grapplingmore… full post
Is it completely impossible to teach students to write well?
By Alex on November 13th, 2012
Ruth Culham, the creator of Traits Writing, is no stranger to OOM, and today she’s back to talk about the “writing revolution.” Make no mistake about it, a writing revolution is exactly what we need right now. Last month, NAEP (Nationalmore… full post
Teachers weigh in on CCSS
By Megan on July 27th, 2012
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. Recently, Francie Alexander, our Chief Academic Officer, addressed Scholastic employees on themore… full post
Can you imagine a library without books?
By Jessica on July 20th, 2012
Can you imagine a library that contains no physical books? The idea is not a new one. Last year, Time magazine reported on the opening of Drexel University’s Library Learning Terrace which gave students access to 170 million electronicmore… full post
America’s Bookprint
By Dante on July 17th, 2012
At the end of June, the Library of Congress released a list of the 88 Books That Shaped America. Since then, it has been worming its way through social networks. I discovered it last week thanks to film critic Roger Ebert. The list feels likemore… full post
“The love of books will last forever,” Susan B. Neuman on summer reading
By Megan on June 30th, 2012
We were thrilled to have author and literacy expert Susan B. Neuman join us on Tuesday for a live Facebook chat on summer reading. It seems like everyone is talking about the importance of keeping kids engaged during the notoriously lazy, hazymore… full post
How data has changed the educational landscape
By Guest Blogger on June 5th, 2012
Anyone who follows education knows that “differentiated instruction” is one of the hottest topics out there. While the topic gets a lot of “ink” and nearly everyone agrees it’s the right strategy, the data collection and analysis upon which itmore… full post
To teach technology or to teach WITH technology
By Anne on April 19th, 2012
It is a great pleasure of my job to speak with amazing teachers. Just recently I’ve come to know Derek Olson, a 2008 Minnesota Teacher of the Year and a 6th grade teacher at Afton-Lakeland Elementary in Stillwater, Minnesota. We asked him tomore… full post
