James Farrell

1 week ago | wfae.org | James Farrell

This first appeared in James Farrell's weekly education newsletter.  Sign up here to get it to your inbox first. I’ve spent the last several weeks diving deeply into the complicated world of literacy — how we understand it, how we teach it and why scores here and across the country are so darn stubborn. In the last few years, we’ve heard so much about pandemic learning loss and concern about why scores are still lingering below pandemic levels.

1 week ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint If you find yourself in an unwelcome hole, the advice is to stop digging. It was extremely uncomfortable, therefore, to watch Defra Minister Steve Reed do the exact opposite when he was questioned at a terse and sometimes emotionally charged session with Parliament’s Labour-dominated Environment, Food and...

1 week ago | wfae.org | James Farrell

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently held a summit for district and community leaders to discuss artificial intelligence in schools. It’s the latest step in the district’s efforts to establish guidelines on student and staff AI use in the classroom. The summit came on the heels of a community-wide AI survey that signaled both an eagerness to explore AI use in schools and concern about academic integrity.

2 weeks ago | wunc.org | James Farrell

First grade teacher Stacy McGuffee is about to begin her reading skills block at Paw Creek Elementary School. She starts the “sound shuffle,” an exercise designed to help students break down the sounds that make up words. “Say ‘slob,’” she tells the students. They repeat it. “Say it again, but don’t say ‘-ss’,” she says. “Lob,” the students shout. She’s preparing them for their end-of-year Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills assessment, or DIBELS.

2 weeks ago | wfae.org | James Farrell

First grade teacher Stacy McGuffee is about to begin her reading skills block at Paw Creek Elementary School. She starts the “sound shuffle,” an exercise designed to help students break down the sounds that make up words. “Say ‘slob,’” she tells the students. They repeat it. “Say it again, but don’t say ‘-ss’,” she says. “Lob,” the students shout. She’s preparing them for their end-of-year Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills assessment, or DIBELS.