Yearly Archives: 2025

By Dr. Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. in Education from Jackson State University Response to Intervention (RTI) represents one of the most significant developments in educational practice over the past two decades, fundamentally reshaping how schools identify and support struggling learners. As a systematic, data-driven framework for early identification and intervention, RTI has transformed approaches to academic…

As an education professional with extensive experience in curriculum development and literary analysis, I’ve come to appreciate the profound significance of plot in both educational and literary contexts. The concept of plot extends far beyond simple storytelling, serving as a critical framework for understanding narrative construction, cognitive development, and learning processes. Defining the Plot At…

By Dr. Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. in Education from Jackson State University Round-robin reading—the practice of having students take turns reading aloud portions of text in a sequential manner—represents one of the most enduring yet controversial instructional approaches in literacy education. Despite its ubiquity in American classrooms for over a century, this practice has become increasingly…

By Dr. Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. in Education from Jackson State University Rote learning represents one of the oldest and most recognizable approaches to education, characterized by memorization through repetition without necessarily focusing on understanding. This pedagogical method has been both celebrated and criticized throughout educational history, occupying a complex position in contemporary teaching practices. While…