Stephanie Harvey Consulting

Stephanie's keynote at . Thank you, CCIRA!

Early bird pricing for RIT ends next week! Get registered now!!
http://www.regonline.com/ritchicago16

Reading Is Thinking 2016

Linda Darling-Hammond always nails it. But the powers that be don't listen. Keep spreading the word!

http://huff.to/1k4F3LX

To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap Ignored by our current education policies are the facts that one in four American children lives below the poverty line and a growing number are homeless, without regular access to food or health care, and stressed by violence and drug abuse around t...

Early Bird Pricing for RIT 2.0 has been extended to April 15! The conference takes place this summer, June 25-27, 2014, just outside of Chicago. Please see the link below for more information:

www.regonline.com/RITChicago14

RIT 2.0 - Connecting Comprehension with Inquiry & Technology When: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - Friday, June 27, 2014 . Where: The Stonegate Conference Center, 2401 W. Higgins Road Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169 United States. If you have questions, please contact Melinda at [email protected]

The effects of parents' constant multi-tasking on their children:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2014/03/10/parents-wired-to-distraction/

Parents, Wired to Distraction That digital devices can distract us from the people in front of us is especially important for parents to remember.

This info graphic is yet another illustration of why it is so important for kids to read extensively every day.

Check out David Brooks, "What Machines Can't Do"

When comparing computers and people, it is the emotive traits where humans have the edge--the need to understand, the enthusiasm for work, the ability to grasp the gist and the sensitivity to what will attract attention and matter.

mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/opinion/brooks-what-machines-cant-do.html?referrer=

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/opinion/brooks-what-machines-cant-do.html?referrer=

Steph on Nat Geo Ladders, Part Two:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?autoplay=1&v=E7dYEziN4Os&desktop_uri=%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DE7dYEziN4Os%2526autoplay%253D1

National Geographic Ladders & Stephanie Harvey (Part 2) Stephanie Harvey explains why National Geographic Ladders is a Common Core winner with text complexity! Learn more by visiting NGL.Cengage.com/NGLadders

Steph talks about National Geographic Ladders:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MuUllkIXiMo&autoplay=1&desktop_uri=%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DMuUllkIXiMo%2526autoplay%253D1

National Geographic Ladders & Stephanie Harvey (Part 1) Stephanie Harvey explains why she loves National Geographic Ladders! Learn more by visiting NGL.Cengage.com/NGLadders

Tony Wagner speaking on how schools need to change if we are to create innovators. For more check out his book, CREATING INNOVATORS:

www.forbes.com/sites/ericaswallow/2012/04/25/creating-innovators

Creating Innovators: Why America's Education System Is Obsolete America's education system has become obsolete. "It needs reinventing, not reforming," says Harvard Innovation Education Fellow Tony Wagner.

Take a minute to watch Maya Angelou's moving tribute to Nelson Mandela:

www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/07/249439677/watch-maya-angelous-poem-for-nelson-mandela

WATCH: Maya Angelou's Poem For Nelson Mandela The tribute poem was written by Angelou on "behalf of the American people."