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  • Developing Eager Readers

    March 21st, 2024


    Developing Eager Readers

    Discover how parents can develop eager readers. Explore part 2 of the Reading Guidebook.

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  • Landmark's Approach

    March 21st, 2024


    Landmark's Approach

    Explore Reading: A Guidebook Part 3 to learn about Landmark School's approach to reading instruction.

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  • Reading: A Guidebook

    March 21st, 2024


    Reading: A Guidebook

    Explore what science says about reading instruction and why its importance in this 3 part series Reading: A Guidebook. 

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  • What is Reading?

    March 21st, 2024


    What is Reading?

    Discover the basics about how reading works and what the science tells us.

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  • Benefits of Boarding Schools

    March 8th, 2024


    Benefits of Boarding Schools

    Discover the advantages of boarding schools and the impact on students' education and development. 

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  • 5 Strategies to Support College Students’ Executive Functions

    December 5th, 2023


    5 Strategies to Support College Students’ Executive Functions

    Students heading off to college should follow these simple guidelines to get and stay organized and master executive function skills. 

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  • An AI Tsunami is Coming for Education & Dyslexia can Surf: PART 1

    June 13th, 2023


    An AI Tsunami is Coming for Education & Dyslexia can Surf: PART 1

    Learn how AI technology can pave the way for better education, with a focus on helping dyslexic students. This article is Part 1 of a series on the topic.

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  • An AI Tsunami is Coming for Education & Dyslexia can Surf: PART 2

    June 13th, 2023


    An AI Tsunami is Coming for Education & Dyslexia can Surf: PART 2

    In this second part of the series on AI in education, Josh talks about how AI might impact instruction in schools.

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  • An AI Tsunami is Coming for Education & Dyslexia can Surf: PART 3

    June 13th, 2023


    An AI Tsunami is Coming for Education & Dyslexia can Surf: PART 3

    In this third part of the series on AI in education, Josh grapples with both challenges and hopes for our students' futures.

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  • Our Responsibility to Students in International Schools

    May 10th, 2022


    Our Responsibility to Students in International Schools

    Learn from a veteran educator of international schools about the growing demand to serve a growing population of students with learning disabilities. He shares evidence, insight, and solutions for parents and educators. 

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  • Helping Students Identify Media Bias

    February 15th, 2022


    Helping Students Identify Media Bias

    In an information-saturated world filled with bias, fake news, misinformation, and disinformation, it is crucial to recognize, utilize, and promote quality material. Find some tips and strategies for helping students identify media bias in the news.

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  • School Is Not Real

    January 21st, 2022


    School Is Not Real

    Rethinking the role of school.

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  • Navigating Math Anxiety

    November 22nd, 2021


    Navigating Math Anxiety
    “I don’t even know where to start!” Many of us have heard these words flow out of someone dear to us. Cue the anxiety, stress, and trickle of tears. Before we officially list math among the blacklisted four-letter words, let’s talk strategies. How can these strong emotions...

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  • Tips for a Successful Transition Back to In-Person Learning

    August 15th, 2021


    Tips for a Successful Transition Back to In-Person Learning
    By Elizabeth Lutsky '93, MA, BCET Back-to-school is an exciting time of year, but can also be a stressful one, especially now! After a year of online and hybrid learning, transitioning back to in-person school may seem overwhelming for some students and their parents. Here are a few helpful strat...

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  • Landmark Student Turns Hobby into a Career

    May 4th, 2021


    Landmark Student Turns Hobby into a Career
    Ambitious, confident, creative, determined, talented. These adjectives perfectly describe Matthew “Matty” Kaminsky ‘21. Although he’s only a senior in high school, Matty is an accomplished photographer with an impressive résumé—and a roadmap for his future.Matty began dabbling in photogr...

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  • Top Landmark360 Posts

    March 22nd, 2021


    Top Landmark360 Posts
     We compiled our most popular, topical, and timely blog posts in each of the main categories: College Prep, Learning, Learning Disabilities,Social-Emotional Topics, and Teaching. Please share them with friends, family, and colleagues.Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter Explained: Landmark Hig...

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  • Futures Reinvented

    November 23rd, 2020


    Futures Reinvented
    By Susan TomasesThe pandemic has thrown much into question, not the least of which is the value of a four-year higher education experience with a questionable future of gainful employment or the funds to pay back six-figure loans. There are an abundance of gap-year programs these days, but COVID-19 ...

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  • Lessons Learned from Remote Learning: Tips for Parents

    September 2nd, 2020


    Lessons Learned from Remote Learning: Tips for Parents
    By Stacey Sargent and Robert KahnMid-March of 2020 thrust all of us into a brave new world, and parents, students, educators, and administrators worked hard to bring their expertise and experience along for the ride!  Ultimately, June arrived and curriculum, teaching strategies, and personnel had b...

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  • Homeschooling During an Uncertain Time

    August 26th, 2020


    Homeschooling During an Uncertain Time
    By Beth Swan Many parents are struggling with stress and anxiety amid the historic COVID-19 pandemic era as home education has been thrust upon them, forcing many to take career-altering steps back and drastically change their routines. Focus on Connection For homeschoolers, the change was ...

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  • Becoming Your Child’s Learning Coach

    August 12th, 2020


    Becoming Your Child’s Learning Coach
    “Homework sucks!”I am sure you have heard this before. So have I. I have heard it from students who would like to be doing anything other than more schoolwork. And I have heard it from parents who feel that homework is driving a wedge between them and their children. I hope to help you develop s...

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  • Mobile and Online Tools to Help Students with Writing and Organization

    April 14th, 2020


    Mobile and Online Tools to Help Students with Writing and Organization
    Technology has become an increasingly essential part of modern education. With the Covid-19 pandemic that has prompted widespread remote learning, it seems more likely than ever that the digital age will bring in a new era of education, one that maximizes technology and connections. According to EdT...

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  • Empowered By Their Learning Differences

    January 6th, 2020


    Empowered By Their Learning Differences
    There’s no doubt that having a language-based learning disability (LBLD), such as dyslexia, affects students in the classroom. They may struggle with listening, speaking, reading, or writing; managing time, materials, or information; or self-advocacy and self-regulation. LBLDs also factor into...

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  • Fostering a Growth Mindset

    November 14th, 2019


    Fostering a Growth Mindset
    By Adam Craig and Kristine Burgess, contributor“The greatest teacher, failure is.” (Yoda, The Last Jedi)Wise words when developing skills to become a Jedi Knight, a successful high school student, or a master of virtually any skill in the universe. Unfortunately, it is much easier to smile and n...

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  • Community Service As Experiential Learning

    October 6th, 2019


    Community Service As Experiential Learning
    By Rev. Bill Ferguson From elementary school through college, community service has become a staple in the academic world. One doesn’t have to think too hard to understand why. Community service connects. To serve means to interact with the people around us, whether by raking the yard of an...

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  • Being an Efficient Homework Helper—Part III: Motivation and Tools

    September 30th, 2019


    Being an Efficient Homework Helper—Part III: Motivation and Tools
    By: Regina G. Richards This is the third installment of a multi-part series about helping children manage homework. Thefirst post is about establishing good habits creating an optimal learning environment. The second postcovers homework strategies and dealing with fatigue. This article originally...

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  • Being an Efficient Homework Helper—Part II: Strategies, Organization, and Dealing with Fatigue

    September 24th, 2019


    Being an Efficient Homework Helper—Part II: Strategies, Organization, and Dealing with Fatigue
    By: Regina G. Richards This is the second installment of a multi-part series about helping children manage homework. The first post is about establishing good habits creating an optimal learning environment and the third motivation and tools. This article originally appeared in LDOnline. Ba...

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  • Being an Efficient Homework Helper—Part I: Turning a Chore into a Challenge

    September 18th, 2019


    Being an Efficient Homework Helper—Part I: Turning a Chore into a Challenge
    By Regina G. RichardsThis is the first installment of a multi-part series about helping children manage homework. Thesecond post covers strategies, organization, and dealing with fatigue, and the thirdmotivation and tools. This article originally appeared in LDOnline."The secret of education lies in...

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  • The Importance of Summer Reading

    May 18th, 2019


    The Importance of Summer Reading
    By Kristine BurgessOver the school year students receive instruction that should focus on developing skills and making academic gains, but what happens when they leave school for the summer?In order to prevent regression of reading skills in the summer months, it is essential that students engage in...

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  • Moving Beyond “Struggling Reader” Labels

    March 5th, 2019


    Moving Beyond “Struggling Reader” Labels
    By Katherine K. Frankel In a recent interview with Education Week, author Jacqueline Woodson, the Library of Congress's 2018­–2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, discussed her concerns about labels like “struggling reader.” She argued that these kinds of labels are harm...

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  • The Five Components of Reading: The Keys to Unlock Reading Proficiency

    February 24th, 2019


    The Five Components of Reading: The Keys to Unlock Reading Proficiency
    By Meghan Sebens Reading is an integral part of our culture and has been for many millennia. While our social and academic lives are constantly infused with reading, this ability does not develop innately. ​The ability to read is shaped by the material we engage with, by our own internal proces...

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  • Project Based-Learning as a Tool to Boost Executive Function Skills

    August 13th, 2018


    Project Based-Learning as a Tool to Boost Executive Function Skills
    By Carl Gasowski Walking into the STEAMworks Technology Department in the school where I teach, one might see a student working on a computer-controlled wood carving, or perhaps constructing and programming a drone, or maybe even composing and recording music. Aside from the common workshop and s...

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  • Prevent Summer Learning Loss Before It Happens

    May 29th, 2017


    Prevent Summer Learning Loss Before It Happens
    "Reading must be integrated into summer activities." Reading activities during the summer can play an important role in helping students maintain their reading skills. Summer slump, or the potential for academic skills to regress during school vacation, is a concern for many students. Child...

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  • Empower Students with Innovative Learning

    January 25th, 2017


    Empower Students with Innovative Learning
    "The gamification of learning is an educational approach to motivate students to learn by using video-game design and game elements in learning environments." Students staring off into space, sleeping at their desks, fidgeting in their chairs... These behaviors are as common as old-school styles o...

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  • Why We Need More Girls in STEM

    September 22nd, 2016


    Why We Need More Girls in STEM
    “One of the things that I really strongly believe in is that we need to have more girls interested in math, science, and engineering. We’ve got half the population that is way underrepresented in those fields and that means that we’ve got a whole bunch of talent…not being encouraged the way ...

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  • Successful Online Learning

    July 27th, 2016


    Successful Online Learning
    "Learning in an online environment is quite the adjustment if you've never experienced the platform before." Distance learning is a trend that has rapidly expanded in recent years. Reports by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System indicate that nearly 5.5 million had enrolled in at lea...

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  • Debate = Empowerment

    May 13th, 2015


    Debate = Empowerment
    Submitted by Caleb Koufman When most people imagine the extracurriculars offered at a school for students with language-based learning disabilities​, such as dyslexia​, debate club is usually not among them. Just like any presumptions about their disabilities, though, students ​where I work...

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  • Adventure Is Out There

    February 10th, 2015


    Adventure Is Out There
    By Tristan Whitehouse Not all classrooms need walls — or proper floors for that matter. What they do need is people willing to learn together through exploration. Over the past decade, outdoor education programs have grown in prevalence throughout the country, because the interpersonal skills...

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  • Learning with ADHD

    January 25th, 2015


    Learning with ADHD
    By Edward Hallowell, M.D., Ed.D.  Learning with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is difficult, at best. I know because I have both ADHD and dyslexia. A phrase that I have come up with that I think best exemplifies what it is like living with ADHD is that it’s like “having a Ferr...

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  • Preschool Daydreaming, Lifelong Learning

    May 28th, 2014


    Preschool Daydreaming, Lifelong Learning
    Submitted by Dana Allara The theme music to the preschool years is a seemingly never-ending chorus of “Why Mommy? Why? Mommy, why?” Young children are passionate explorers who seek out understanding and revel in the wonders of their world—they are intrinsically motivated and love learning. ...

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  • Asking for Help

    March 24th, 2014


    Asking for Help
    By Nicole Subik Why is it that many of us view asking for help as a sign of failure? If you are traveling from Point A to Point B and stop to ask for directions along the way, does that mean that you failed? Didn’t you make it to Point B? I call that success. College students often strugg...

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  • Differences Among Learners, Real and Not

    April 25th, 2013


    Differences Among Learners, Real and Not
    Submitted by Annie Murphy Paul The idea that students have particular “learning styles”—visual, auditory, kinesthetic, etc. — is a popular and persistent one despite the lack of scientific evidence to support it. (For a great summary of the research, see this blog post by UVA cognitive sc...

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  • What Does the Brain Have to Do With Learning?

    March 25th, 2013


    What Does the Brain Have to Do With Learning?
    Submitted by Dr. Matthew H. Schneps There has been a lot of talk in recent years about "brain-based" learning, and the role neuroscience plays in education. It makes sense to think this way because when we learn cells grow, connect, disconnect, or die. Learning is the process by which the brain r...

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