This account is no longer active. For new updates and content, find us at @KnowledgeMatrs — see you there!
Joined April 2017
- Tweets10.7K
- Following749
- Followers2.3K
- Likes40.6K
StandardsWork retweeted
Adopting a knowledge-rich curriculum is only the beginning. What happens next?
Knowledge Matters Executive Director @mcglynn3 explores why thoughtful implementation is essential to building students’ knowledge and improving outcomes.
Read more: kristenmcquillan.substack.co…
StandardsWork retweeted
What does cognitive science tell us about reading fluency?
Join Kyair Butts, Melissa Orkin & Maryanne Wolf for Faster Fluency on Nov. 3 at 4:30 ET.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
StandardsWork retweeted
How we teach AND what we teach.
@natwexler Wexler offers a thoughtful caution on Sold a Story Season 2: Engelmann’s focus on instruction and Hirsch’s focus on knowledge are both essential.
We can’t leave knowledge out of the conversation.
nataliewexler.substack.com/p…
StandardsWork retweeted
🧠 What does cognitive science look like in the classroom?
Join Kyair Butts, Melissa Orkin and Maryanne Wolf for Faster Fluency!
📅 Nov. 3 | 4:30 PM ET
Explore how fluency supports learning and higher-order thinking.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
StandardsWork retweeted
How can aspiring and novice teachers learn to evaluate high-quality instructional materials (#HQIM)? Our 4 asynchronous modules follow a research-based sequence to help them understand, analyze, and apply HQIM.
Access them here: deansforimpact.org/tools-and…
StandardsWork retweeted
Vocabulary builds more than language. It builds knowledge!
Knowledge Matters Scientific Advisory Committee member Dr. @SoniaCabell shares how content-rich conversations strengthen vocabulary, knowledge, and comprehension.
edweek.org/teaching-learning…
StandardsWork retweeted
Knowledge isn’t at the bottom of Bloom’s Taxonomy because it matters least. It’s the foundation for everything that follows.
@C_Hendrick reminds us that higher-order thinking depends on what we know.
#KnowledgeMatters💙
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/…
StandardsWork retweeted
Somewhere E.D. Hirsch Jr. says, “I told you so.”
Natalie Wexler argues social studies boosts literacy: more social studies time raises reading scores (unlike extra reading time), especially for low-income kids, by building knowledge/vocabulary. Louisiana, Massachusetts, Kentucky created state curricula; Delaware pilots "Literacy for We the People," pairing civics/history with writing/speaking skills via simulated hearings. nataliewexler.substack.com/p…
StandardsWork retweeted
🍂 Missed Season 2 of @HistoryMatrs podcast when it dropped this summer?
Fall is a great time to catch up! In Ep. 2, we explore why students need BOTH foundational reading skills and knowledge-rich instruction.
🎧 knowledgematters.org/history…
StandardsWork retweeted
Come for the Sandlot meme, stay for the argument about why “differentiation” so often misses the mark.
Same bar. Better support. More chances to get there.
New from Quill and the Classroom: The Differentiation Trap
kristenmcquillan.substack.co…
StandardsWork retweeted
🎥 Take a tour of more knowledge-building classrooms: knowledgematters.org/school-…
StandardsWork retweeted
What does a knowledge-building lesson actually look like?
We LOVE getting to peek inside classrooms, and this Substack from The Science of Reading Classroom does just that, breaking down the components and showing them in action.
📖 Read the Substack: scienceofreadingclassroom.su…
StandardsWork retweeted
We 👀 background knowledge explicitly included in the federal definition of the science of reading.
YES. 👏
Knowledge belongs in the science of reading conversation. Let’s make sure it stays there.
edweek.org/teaching-learning…
StandardsWork retweeted
🍂 Fall is officially here! Find a cozy spot, grab something warm, and catch up on Season 2 of the #HistoryMatters Podcast. Six episodes exploring how history builds knowledge and strengthens literacy.
🎧 Listen now: knowledgematters.org/history…
StandardsWork retweeted
Differentiation is a hot topic. But knowledge-building means keeping content rich while adjusting the support students need to access it. As knowledge, skill & confidence grow, scaffolds come down.
From @mcglynn3:
kristenmcquillan.substack.co…
StandardsWork retweeted
“Phonics is necessary but insufficient.”
England’s results reinforce a critical truth: reading comprehension depends on knowledge. History, science, literature, geography, art, and music build the knowledge and vocabulary that make comprehension possible. nationalreview.com/2026/09/w…
StandardsWork retweeted
New blog post today with great video from Jaime Johnson's classroom in Gwinnett County, GA. How shared reading makes for more vibrant discussions.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/…
StandardsWork retweeted
For decades we've taught children what good readers do and encouraged them to imitate those behaviors. But reading comprehension isn't about what good readers do. It's what they know.
thenext30years.substack.com/…
StandardsWork retweeted
"Children who come to school with less knowledge understand less of what they encounter. That makes it harder to acquire new vocabulary and information....They grow poorer and fall further behind."
New from yours truly for @AEIeducation
aei.org/research-products/re…
StandardsWork retweeted
For years, we’ve tried to improve reading by teaching children what good readers do: find the main idea, make inferences, visualize, predict. But reading comprehension depends on what good readers know.
My new paper for @AEIeducation
aei.org/research-products/re…