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Neither Parents Or Teachers Are Encouraging Young People To Become Teachers
Statistic Of The Day: It’s Not Looking Like Parents Or Teachers Are Encouraging Young People To Become Teachers
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Problem Solving That Works
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Considering Running Records
Considering Running Records, or No, I Don't Beat My Wife Anymore
Tim Shanahan
Teacher question:
I’m confused. I've understood your message that we should stop obsessing about deriving an independent or instructional reading level. But I’ve also read that you feel that there is a place for F&P style running records (many schools still use them!). If a running record is producing a…
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Interview Question: Tell Us What Policies and Practices You Would Put Into Place to Combat "Senioritis"
The photo at the left is the Livermore Centennial bulb, the world's longest-burning electric bulb.
The Dim Bulb…
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The Dangers of using AI to Grade
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12 Career Poison Pills
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Nicknames for Lousy Leaders
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10 Things Leaders Misunderstand About Decisions
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Disciplinary Literacy for the Elementary School
Disciplinary Literacy for the Elementary School
Tim Shanahan
Blast from the Past: This blog first appeared on August 14, 2021, and was reissued with minor revisions on September 20, 2025. Reading education – like the lengths of skirts and the widths of neckties – tends to be trendy. That’s unfortunate for…
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Courage is hope made visible
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Don’t Listen to the Change Fairy
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A New Definition of Leadership Success
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Stop Solving the Wrong Problem
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Don't assume your team knows what you're talking about
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Twenty Ways to Enhance Your Lessons with AI
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Important Thoughts as We Start the School Year
My friend, Joe Dragone, who has had a rich career as a school administrator in many districts, contributed the thoughts below, which I think can serve as important lessons for all of us. Joe is well-known to the Long Island school community as a skilled administrator, forceful advocate for public education, and just a great decent human being. Joe credits his source as "The Daily Coach."…
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Mourning the End of Summer and Embracing the Mission Once Again
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Passed Over? Not Recognized for Your Hard Work? Here's What to Do
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How to Run Lousy Meetings
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Modeling Fluency Instruction
Modeling Fluency Instruction
Tim Shanahan
Teacher Question
At our school, we test students oral reading fluency three times a year (aimswebPlus), and we teach fluency in both our Tier 1 and Tier 2 programs. I believe that I have a good understanding of how to teach fluency using repeated reading. However, one step in that process that I’m unsure of is modeling. How much fluency modeling should a teacher do…
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