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Is Teaching an Art or a Science? is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Teaching is a dynamic, complex profession that cannot be boxed into a singular category.

Here are some excerpts:

     

How Has the ‘Science of Reading’ Impacted English Learners? is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Think of reading instruction for multilingual learners as a bridge, not a checklist.

Here are some excerpts:

     

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.

You can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here.

Here are this week’s picks:

Focus on fluency: a guide to the EEF’s tools and resources on reading fluency is from The Education Endowment Foundation. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Reading Fluency (Including How To Measure It).

This is beautiful, and similar to the look on my face when I finally learned the ins-and-outs of grading on Google Classroom https://t.co/19GZmW8qH1

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) February 11, 2026

Is Your Math Homework Worth Doing? is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Homework Issues.

Just Like Phonics, Comprehension Requires Explicit Teaching is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Reading Strategies & Comprehension – Help Me Find More!

Supercharge Intervention—and Motivate Struggling Learners is from ASCD. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On Student Engagement.

12 Ways to Activate Your Students’ Prior Knowledge is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of Prior Knowledge (& How To Activate It).

I continue to believe that we place far too many eggs in the “it matters that you learn ________ for your future” basket and not nearly enough in the “it matters that you learn ________ for yourself right now” basket.

— Marcus Luther (@marcusluther.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM

     

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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

The role of teacher characteristics for instructional quality: A meta-analysis

Metacognition works in language learning, but what does that say about education research?

Assessing the Academic Mobility on Test and Non-Test Outcomes for Students from Third Grade Through High School

Screen Time as a Scapegoat is from From Experience To Meaning.

The Effect of AI and Multiple Intelligences in Project-Based Learning on English Achievement

New study of 24 pandemic recovery interventions in 8 districts finds just 2 small-scale programs and an expert teacher initiative improved student achievement. Findings highlight tradeoffs between scale, dosage, and impact. @NWEA @caldercenter @HarvardCEPRhttps://t.co/UuPJhQtvfa

— EEPA Editors (@EEPAjournal) February 12, 2026

Review of Inclusive Education Practices For Learners With disabilities.

     

The Nineteen Amendment was certified on this day in 1920.

I’ve just revised and updated The Best Resources For Learning About Women’s Suffrage.