To improve literacy rates in the U.S., reading expert Timothy Shanahan says we need to stop looking for silver bullets and instead invest in teaching a much broader range of skills.
Phonics Is Critical—but True Literacy Requires More
Best Practices
- Foundation #1: Introduction to the Center; Local Data Sources
- Foundation #2: Why Poverty and All Resources Matter
- Foundation #3: Why Educational Neuroscience and Teachers Matter More
- Best Practice 1- Build Relationships
- Best Practice 2- Increase Status
- Best Practice 3 – Grow Emotional & Soft Skills
- Best Practice 4 – Understand the Goals of Behavior
- Best Practice 5- Decrease Stress
- Best Practice 6 – Motivate: Increase Hope & Expectancy of Success
- Best Practice 7 – Motivate: Increase Value
- Best Practice 8 – Grow Mindsets
- Best Practice 9 – Accommodate
- Best Practice 10 – Maintain High Expectations
- Best Practice 11 – Decrease Health Impacts
- Best Practice 12 – Build Family/Community Partnerships
- Best Practice 13- Proactively Guide Using ‘ME’ Strategies
- Best Practice 14 – Make Learning Fun
- Best Practice 15 – Build Background Knowledge
- Best Practice 16- Grow Prefrontal Cortex Skills (Executive Function & Memory Trace)
- Best Practice 17 – Align Instruction & Assessment
- Best Practice 18 – Purposefully Teach
- Best Practice 19 – Explicitly Teach
- Best Practice 20 – Question Strategically
- Best Practice 21 – Use Data & Feedback to Drive Instruction
- Best Practice 22 – Infuse the Arts
- Best Practice 23 – Use Technology Effectively
- Best Practice 24- Grow Language & Literacy
- Best Practice 25 – Lead
- Foundation #1: Introduction to the Center; Local Data Sources
- Foundation #2: Why Poverty and All Resources Matter
- Foundation #3: Why Educational Neuroscience and Teachers Matter More
- Best Practice 1- Build Relationships
- Best Practice 2- Increase Status
- Best Practice 3 – Grow Emotional & Soft Skills
- Best Practice 4 – Understand the Goals of Behavior
- Best Practice 5- Decrease Stress
- Best Practice 6 – Motivate: Increase Hope & Expectancy of Success
- Best Practice 7 – Motivate: Increase Value
- Best Practice 8 – Grow Mindsets
- Best Practice 9 – Accommodate
- Best Practice 10 – Maintain High Expectations
- Best Practice 11 – Decrease Health Impacts
- Best Practice 12 – Build Family/Community Partnerships
- Best Practice 13- Proactively Guide Using ‘ME’ Strategies
- Best Practice 14 – Make Learning Fun
- Best Practice 15 – Build Background Knowledge
- Best Practice 16- Grow Prefrontal Cortex Skills (Executive Function & Memory Trace)
- Best Practice 17 – Align Instruction & Assessment
- Best Practice 18 – Purposefully Teach
- Best Practice 19 – Explicitly Teach
- Best Practice 20 – Question Strategically
- Best Practice 21 – Use Data & Feedback to Drive Instruction
- Best Practice 22 – Infuse the Arts
- Best Practice 23 – Use Technology Effectively
- Best Practice 24- Grow Language & Literacy
- Best Practice 25 – Lead