Month: October 2018

Let’s Start Pairing K–12’s Big, Hairy Problems With Solutions

Let’s Start Pairing K–12’s Big, Hairy Problems With Solutions

Published by karenvaites on October 23, 2018

I’ve been watching two pieces blow up in the K–12 education zeitgeist, and I’d like to submit them as paired reads. In the astoundingly-good documentary Hard…

MemeTastic: The Lighter Side of a Literacy Crisis

MemeTastic: The Lighter Side of a Literacy Crisis

Published by karenvaites on October 19, 2018

Have I mentioned that I love a good education meme? I’d say that laughter is my coping strategy for the hard stuff about working in…

Why is everyone and their mother talking about phonics?

Why is everyone and their mother talking about phonics?

Published by karenvaites on October 14, 2018

Noticed that the whole world is suddenly buzzing about phonics? You can thank Emily Hanford and her astoundingly-good documentary Hard Words: Why aren’t kids being taught…

WOOT! I’m blogging. Here’s why.

WOOT! I’m blogging. Here’s why.

Published by karenvaites on October 6, 2018

I’ve talked myself out of blogging a million times. Lately, though, I’m having a change of heart.