Ideas, insights, and inspiration from the
Authentic Education Team
Supporting exploration and knowledge building rather than rushing to adopt a new curriculum is leading to better results for students.
Materials, resources, tools & training providing effective, research-based instruction to develop all aspects of literacy for many kinds of students.
Let’s dive deeper into how to look critically at our curriculum in order to cultivate a more flexible, thoughtful and inclusive approach to teaching reading.
One of the most powerful tools educators have is asking ourselves “How do I know?” We must interrogate evidence we come across even in our own classrooms.
The power of knowing my students as readers and leveraging this knowledge to help guide and shape their journey as readers and spellers has been transformative.
Fights over whether teaching systematic phonics & word study is essential pulls focus away from doing the actual work of learning about what our students need