What Do We Do with Screen Time? If you lead an elementary school, you have likely heard the concerns: Screens harm children’s eyes. Screens rewire young brains. Young children need books and blocks, not tablets. The media shares research and warnings; parents raise these worries at back-to-school night and parent meetings; teachers raise them in […]
Designing Elevated Tier 1 Instruction for All Students
What’s with the Tiers? Tier 1 is the instruction every student gets, every day. It has to be designed to work for a room full of students with different backgrounds, different language levels, different prior knowledge, different cognitive abilities, and different readiness . . . all at once. That’s a tall order, and it’s also […]
