Reading Comprehension | What Is Evidence-Based? | A Principal’s Tough Call

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Teachers are using new “knowledge-building curricula” in English-language arts classes to help students systematically grow content knowledge as they sharpen their reading skills. This popular story on the practice is one of 8 solid reads in a new special report on reading comprehension.

How do you know when a program or curriculum is evidence-based? A new study finds that even experts define the term differently.

And a former principal shares why he told an excellent teacher it was time to leave the profession.

Read on for these and more of this week’s top stories.

1. Reading Comprehension Hinges on Building Knowledge. New Curricula Aim to Help
2. What Does ‘Evidence-Based’ Mean? A Study Finds Wide Variation
3. Why I Told an Excellent Teacher It Was Time to Leave Teaching (Opinion)
4. What Teacher-Preparation Enrollment Looks Like, in Charts
5. How a District Hopes to Save an ESSER-Funded Program
6. Using AI in the Classroom: Tips and Tricks From Two Teachers (Video)
7. Supreme Court Declines to Hear School District’s Transgender Restroom Case

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