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09/03/2026

Happy September, everyone!

06/29/2026

Some great books for summer reading!

A school librarian’s recommendations for middle-grade books that represent kids who sometimes feel like they stand out from their peers.

06/17/2026

I still have some openings for summer tutoring! Experienced former Sudbury Public Schools teacher looking to make a difference for a few more students entering 2nd through 7th grades. Get in touch!

Wayside Tutoring Building success one step at a time. Wayside Tutoring excels in individualized tutoring for students in grades 2-7. Subjects covered include: Math, Reading, Comprehension, Fluency, Phonics, Writing, Homework, Enrichment for extra challenges Wayside Tutoring excels in individualized....

06/14/2026

Summer regression. The summer slide. Summer slippage. Whatever you call it, it's real, and it happens. Students can lose up to a month's worth of learning between June and September. I'm here to help make sure that doesn't happen. Contact Wayside Tutoring (https://waysidetutoring.com) to learn more about flexible summer tutoring and stop that slide in its tracks.

https://www.nwea.org/blog/2026/summer-learning-loss-what-we-know-what-were-learning/

Summer learning loss research reveals mixed findings about summer slide. Here’s what it shows about how summer affects student learning.

06/10/2026

Just because summer is upon us doesn't mean that young children should stop reading. Check out this study of a kindergarten home reading program, summarized by the Marshall Memo - I bet the results would be similar for older children as well. Dust off that library card, and get reading!

What Happens When Parents Read Daily to Their Kindergarten Children

In this article in Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, Brooks Bowden and Johanna Bernard (University of Pennsylvania) and Rebecca Davis (MDRC) report on their
study of a kindergarten home reading program in a large urban school district. Teachers sent books home each weekday night and parents signed a contract agreeing to read with their
children. The nature of the experiment covered three important factors:
- Sending books home leveled the playing field, with all children supplied with books.
- All parents were told about the importance of reading with their children every day.
- The books were aligned with content students were covering during the school day.

What did the study find? Compared to a control group, more children read with their parents for more minutes each week, and by the end of the year, students’ literacy skills had improved
significantly. The key factors were the amount of adult-child reading, the quality of the books read, and the alignment with classroom instruction.

Marshall Memo 1132 April 6, 2026
“Leveraging Home Reading to Strengthen Literacy Development: Applying Principal Stratification to Explore Efficacy Trial Effects” by Brooks Bowden, Johanna Bernard, and Rebecca Davis in Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, January-March 2026 (Vol. 19, #1, pp. 74-102)

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02/12/2026

The struggle is real...

02/07/2026

I know movement helps me learn better and more deeply. How about you?
https://www.edutopia.org/visual-essay/the-power-of-multimodal-learning-in-5-charts?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Q12026&fbclid=IwY2xjawPze5VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYbkxiR3kzZXRnNlk4RzN4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmDA3HoBOAk92PSXckgKlDc6Ri6OJwsye-6KnN3i3FdkTv1dLctC6UwrIu7x_aem_FrCZmkoHME6y8U9i0JSV6w

When students engage multiple senses to learn—drawing or acting out a concept, for example—they’re more likely to remember and develop a deeper understanding of the material, a large body of research shows.

01/27/2026

01/20/2026

We learned them with rote memorization and drill, drill, drill. Does it still work?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-decreased-practice-time-plays-into-historic-math-declines

'Now, a growing number of researchers, school leaders, and educators are calling attention to research-based solutions to combat slippage in math, including the crucial role that adequate practice time plays in student performance. “They are considered dirty words, but drill and practice, and explicit instruction on how to procedurally solve math problems, are evidence-based strategies that work,” said SUNY University at Albany math researcher Ben Solomon.'

As schools nationwide contend with declining math scores, some districts are dedicating more time to the practice of foundational skills.

01/16/2026

Isn't this a great idea?