As the year comes to a close, your friends at LCNA want to pause and say thank you. This has been an especially tough year to be an educator. Disastrous cuts to education funding, [...]
Republished with permission of Dr. Sam Bommarito, author of Dr. Sam’s Advice for the Start of the School Year: Follow the Child, not the Program: https://doctorsam7.blog/2025/08/09/dr-sams-advice-for-the-start-of-the-school-year-follow-the-child-not-the-program-2/ ________________________ Getting your literacy program off to a [...]
Matching students with books at just the right reading level is critical—but not always easy. Traditional leveling systems often rely heavily on content features alone, which can lead to unreliable results and mismatches between [...]
by Peg Grafwallner Today, more than ever, teachers have taken the blame for everything wrong in education: blame for students’ poor academic performance, failed district mandates and school initiatives, and student apathy and laxity. [...]
Ever discover a book that you think is a perfect choice for a student or group, and realize you are unable to give a proper book introduction? Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the topic [...]
