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Update: Children of the Code: CHANGING TRAJECTORIES – the Final Chapter

By on January 15, 2013 in Challenge of Change, Children of the Code, Healthy Learning

“CHANGING TRAJECTORIES” is the final chapter of Phase I of COTC and includes our suggestions and tips for improving the learning trajectories of struggling readers.

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Update: Children of the Code Release: “The Brain’s Challenge”

By on January 8, 2013 in Artificial Learning, Brain Science, Children of the Code, Mind-Shame

“THE BRAIN’S CHALLENGE” is the centerpiece of the Children of the Code project and illustrates the main challenge underlying learning to read difficulties in the English language.

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When Learning Hurts – Toxic Learning

By on November 16, 2012 in Healthy Learning, Learning, Maladaptive Schema, Mind-Shame, Self-Esteem, Unhealthy Learning

What and how students learn can have toxic effects on how well they learn thereafter. It’s vitally important that educators understand this.

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Obama vs. Romney, The Great Debate: The Mission of Education in 21st Century America

By on September 20, 2012 in Capital Value Case, Challenge of Change, Mission of Education

How a president envisions the role of education in shaping the future of America is a telling indicator of his or her core beliefs, philosophies, economic theories, values, morals, and ethics.

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What does it mean that most of our children are CHRONICALLY IMPROFICIENT in the skills most critically important for success in school?

By on September 19, 2012 in Learning, Mind-Shame, Mission of Education, Self-Esteem, Unhealthy Learning

What does it mean that most of our children are CHRONICALLY IMPROFICIENT in the skill areas most critically important for success in school?

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WHAT IS READING?

By on April 12, 2012 in Uncategorized

We are releasing our page “What is Reading?” today. It is the first of a series of pages and posts that will summarize and expand the work of the work of the Children of the Code Project. Please visit the page and share your comments:  http://www.learningstewards.org/what-is-reading/

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Re: Getting Our Kids Ready for the Competition

By on April 8, 2012 in Challenge of Change, Children of the Code, Comments on other sites, Uncategorized

Re: Getting Our Kids Ready for the Competition – the Great Conversations and the 32,000,000 Missing Words! by Dick Jacobs Your piece creates a great framework for conversation but one point needs clarification: “Cognitive science tells us that if learning our reading fundamentals doesn’t start very early and the skills aren’t in place by age nine or ten, [...]

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Re: The Link Between Reading Level and Dropout Rates

By on March 21, 2012 in Artificial Learning, Children of the Code, Comments on other sites, Mind-Shame

Re: New York Times: The Link Between Reading Level and Dropout Rates 3-19-2012 “Children who aren’t reading proficiently by fourth grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school, and according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 34 percent of America’s fourth graders read at grade level.” It’s always good to [...]

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