Written by Sabine Rieble As always, Marie Dieudonne got up early, had breakfast and went to school. But that day was different for everyone: Only 4th and 6th graders went and all the other students had the day off. On Friday, May 29 2015, Marie was one of the 4,144 students from 60 schools who participated in the piloting of a new assessment tool for mathematics and … [Lee más...] about Haiti: Measuring proficiency in math and reading
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How our brain learns to read
Our brain is not wired to read. Written language is an invention. An invention that, in the words of the poet Francisco de Quevedo, allows us: “listen with our eyes to the deceased.” In the 21st century, the ability to understand what we read has become the most fundamental of all academic and work-related competencies. If our students do not understand what they read, only … [Lee más...] about How our brain learns to read
