Success Story: Finding and showcasing the greatness in every student

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Success Story: Finding and showcasing the greatness in every student

January 5, 2017

Categories: Math, Reading | Products: Star 360

She seemed destined to be just another at-risk statistic, on a path to increasingly destructive behavior born of a troubled home life, poverty, abuse, and neglect. But along the way, one caring church family and a devoted elementary art teacher [...]

3 big predictions for K12 education in 2017

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3 big predictions for K12 education in 2017

December 29, 2016

Categories: Assessment, Math, Professional Development, Reading

What will change in 2017? What will stay the same? Where is education heading? As 2016 comes to an end, we’ve put our heads together and made three big predictions for K12 education in 2017. Personalized learning and more flexibility [...]

The top books Renaissance quiz writers read in 2016

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The top books Renaissance quiz writers read in 2016

December 22, 2016

Categories: Reading

Ever wonder who writes the reading comprehension quizzes in Renaissance Accelerated Reader® and Renaissance Accelerated Reader 360®? With more than 180,000 quizzes available and new books published every day, we have an amazing team that reads new books each week [...]

How to jump-start struggling readers

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How to jump-start struggling readers

December 15, 2016

Categories: Reading

Imagine reading a sentence, but not understanding its context. You can read each individual word fine, but the sentence itself doesn’t make sense. Imagine praying, crossing your fingers, and hoping that your teacher doesn’t call on you to read aloud [...]

Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers

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Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers

December 8, 2016

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What was the last thing you read? Did you read for pleasure, to gain information, or to complete a task? Did you read to calm yourself, escape the day, or get energized? For many, the answers are as swift as [...]

The significance of CASE’s endorsement

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The significance of CASE’s endorsement

December 1, 2016

Categories: Math, Reading | Products: Accelerated Reader

Several years ago, I became responsible for coordinating almost all the holiday shopping in my family. To this day, I’m not sure how or why that happened, but I do my best. Hunting online and in stores for the perfect [...]

How can we make sense of personalized learning?

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How can we make sense of personalized learning?

November 23, 2016

Categories: Assessment, Math, Reading

The challenge of a common definition Though conversations about personalization and/or individualization abound, there remains shockingly little agreement on a definition. Many conversations take on a “kitchen sink” dynamic in which other approaches (e.g., mastery learning, universal design) are simultaneously [...]

The endless search for that next great read

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The endless search for that next great read

November 17, 2016

Categories: Reading

If you are like me, after you finish reading one book, you simply cannot get to the next one fast enough. As a mother of young children, I read for a sliver of time each night between when my children [...]

What are Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions in education?

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What are Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions in education?

November 3, 2016

Categories: Education Strategies, Literacy

As the use of a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) has become widespread in schools, terms such as tiers, benchmarks, universal instruction, and intensive intervention have become familiar to many teachers. These concepts may also be known by other [...]

(Almost) perfect heroes and the science of learning

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(Almost) perfect heroes and the science of learning

October 20, 2016

Categories: Math, Reading

(Almost) perfect heroes Although Hercules would disagree, Achilles is widely considered the closest thing to a perfect hero in Greek mythology. However, if you’ve ever twisted an ankle, enjoyed a heel spur, or pulled your calf muscle, [...]

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3 big predictions for K12 education in 2017

3 big predictions for K12 education in 2017

The top books Renaissance quiz writers read in 2016

The top books Renaissance quiz writers read in 2016

How to jump-start struggling readers

How to jump-start struggling readers

Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers

Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers

The significance of CASE’s endorsement

The significance of CASE’s endorsement

How can we make sense of personalized learning?

How can we make sense of personalized learning?

The endless search for that next great read

The endless search for that next great read

What are Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions in education?

What are Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions in education?

(Almost) perfect heroes and the science of learning

(Almost) perfect heroes and the science of learning