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How Should We Plan Reading Comprehension Lessons?

How Should We Plan Reading Comprehension Lessons?Tim ShanahanTeacher QuestionAs my teachers continue learning together about text-centered planning, I would love your help with a quick reflection. When you sit down to plan a unit:How do you decide which comprehension standards the anchor text naturally requires?What steps do you take to analyze the text before identifying standards?How does the text guide the sequence of lessons and questions?…See More
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Counselor Access Improves Nationwide—But Equity Gaps RemainSource: Kara Arundel, “More students have access to school counselors, data shows,” K-12 Dive, February 23, 2026.🎯 The Headline for School LeadersFor the first time, high schools nationwide have met the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) recommended ratio of 250 students per counselor.According to newly released data for the 2024–25 school year, the national student-to-school counselor ratio improved slightly—from 376:1 to…See More
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Tell our School Leadership 2.0 community a little bit about yourself. Feel free to post your email address and website. Also feel free to list your areas of interest. This will help other members dialogue with you.
After a career of 34 years in public education (21 as principal of a middle school and a high school), my "retirement" has really been a "resetting" of my life. I greatly enjoy my continuing work as a consultant (now going on 26 years), especially helping and mentoring new school leaders.
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K-12
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Nassau County NY, Suffolk County NY

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How Should We Plan Reading Comprehension Lessons?

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How Should We Plan Reading Comprehension Lessons?

Tim Shanahan

Teacher Question

As my teachers continue learning together about text-centered planning, I would love your help with a quick reflection. When you sit down to plan a unit:

  1. How do you decide which comprehension standards the anchor text naturally requires?
  2. What steps do you take to analyze the text…
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50 Metaphors That Reveal How Students Really See High School

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50 Metaphors That Reveal How Students Really See High School

Source: Adam, “🚌 50 Metaphorical Prompts about High School,” February 21, 2026.

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What if the most powerful insight into school culture isn’t found in a survey—but in a metaphor?

In “50 Metaphorical Prompts about High School,” Adam offers a rich…

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How Do You Students See School?

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“This Is Air”: Reframing School Through the Metaphors We Live By

Source: Adrian Neibauer, “This Is Air: Understanding and Changing the Way Teachers and Students See School,” February 16, 2026.

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How do students actually see school?

In “This Is Air,” Adrian Neibauer reflects on returning to the classroom after the pandemic and confronting a painful truth:…

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Are We Teaching Too Much Phonics?

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Are We Teaching Too Much Phonics?

Tim Shanahan

Teacher question:

I saw that Mark Seidenberg was complaining that there is now too much phonics instruction. What do you think of that?

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I have great…

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Meetings have become weapons of mass dysfunction.

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At 11:50am on April 3, 2016, Mary C. McDonald said…

Thank you for connecting, Mike.

At 11:06am on February 25, 2014, Tonie McDonald said…

Dear Mike - Thanks for the informative and passionate address you gave in Plainedge last evening. 

At 10:25am on November 19, 2013, Anthony S Cali said…
Hi Mike,

Thanks for invite!

Tony Cali
At 3:49pm on September 7, 2013, geri e pesko said…
Hi Michael.. I am a certified Special Educator looking for a full time job.. Not easy!! Is the seminar you are holding have any opportunities for jobs??
Sincerely,
Geri Pesko
At 3:05pm on November 27, 2012, Christine Calabrese said…

Hi Michael,

       I just noticed that you live in Huntington, so do I! 

       How nice that you are continuing your impact in education with this forum.

       Christine

At 1:05pm on August 23, 2012, Saundra W. Simonee said…

I am honored to accept your invitation and will also include you in my linkin network. Saundra

At 8:30pm on July 8, 2012, jessica bradford baker said…

Thank you.  Have been enjoying the site! Jessica

At 12:59pm on June 27, 2012, Miriam Flynn said…

Thank you - this site is wonderful!!!  Miriam Flynn

At 10:38am on February 3, 2012, Lawrence Butti said…

Hi Mike-

 

I would like to post a "Call for Program Proposals" for the 2012 NYSEC Conference.  What would be the best way to do that so that it is seen by all members?

 

Thanks,

Larry Butti

At 5:49pm on January 22, 2012, Mary Fitzpatrick said…

Hi Mike, I am a member. Mary Fitzpatrick

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