by Liz | Jan 3, 2021 | Educators, Parents
Reading can be a joy for some and a chore for others, and that largely depends on a reader’s skill and ability. If you aren’t a strong reader, you might not enjoy reading as much as someone who has strong reading comprehension skills or who read a lot when they were...
by Liz | Dec 28, 2020 | Educators
Growing up, what was your favorite book? Did you have one? Was it a common classic, like “Goodnight, Moon” or “The Giving Tree”? Or something unique to your upbringing? Who was the main character in your favorite book? Did they remind you of yourself? Did they look...
by Liz | Dec 7, 2020 | Educators
We’ve all been there: we’re in the car or doing chores at home when we think of a song we want to listen to on our smartphone. So, we say “Hey Siri” or “Hey Google”, to put in the request and keep doing what we’re doing. But Siri and Google don’t pick up on what we...
by Liz | Nov 27, 2020 | Educators
For the past 50 years, the conversation around equity in education has surrounded a central topic: the academic achievement gap. But what is the academic achievement gap? Born of the movement for standardized testing, the academic achievement gap is, as it is most...
