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Student engagement – what it looks like, why it’s important, and how it can be measured – is a topic of understandably constant attention by educators.

I have a lengthy “Best” list on it – The Best Posts & Articles On Student Engagement – and have shared how I have measured it in my classrooms (Intriguing New Study On “Student Engagement” & How To Define It).  By the way, another study recently came out with a different measurement instrument that might be worth looking at….

Student Engagement Is Critical to Student Success is a recent post appearing at the USC EdPolicy Hub.

It gives a good overview of the topic, and includes lots of great links.

Even though it only briefly touches on practical solutions, if I was still teaching, I’d propose it as something we’d read and discuss as faculty.

     

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Juneteenth is coming up.

You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Juneteenth.

     

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The United Nations has declared June 12th to be The World Day Against Child Labor.

You might be interested in The Best Resources For The World Day Against Child Labor.

     

As anyone who has been reading the news today knows, the feds issued a report today that, among other things, found that young people aren’t reading much for fun.

Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows is from NBC News.

I think many aspects of the Science of Reading movement have been positive. However, at least from what I’ve seen and heard, some advocates have not supported the idea of making class time available for students to read books of their choice – or at least haven’t been as vocal about that as they have for interventions like phonics instruction.

When I was in the classroom, “warm-up” time was always ten-or-fifteen minutes of students reading what they wanted. I would spend that time checking in with students and helping them find books (including many I would purchase myself)) they found engaging.

Not that I think standardized test scores are the be all, end all of things, but here’s another excerpt from the NBC News article:

Students who read in their free time are more likely to score higher on standardized tests than their peers who read less frequently, according to the NCES report.

I’m adding this info to The Best Resources Documenting The Effectiveness of Free Voluntary Reading.

     

The New York Times has just published America, One Line At a Time:

The United States was written into being. Now, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence, we look at six sentences that shaped the American story — taken from a founding document, an incendiary speech, a classic autobiography, an inaugural address, a protest song and a baseball cap.

I think highlighting sentences and examining them can be very useful in the classroom – with both students and teachers choosing them.

And, as regular readers know, I also publish a regular “Sentences of the Week.”

I’m adding this info to:

The Best “Lists Of Lists” Of Influential People, Events & Ideas

The Best Resources For Helping Teach About The 250th Anniversary Of The American Revolution