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News and resources roundup: New draft science standards released, KY flip-flops on reading accomodations, more

A roundup of recent education news and resources: After ruling last year that special education students would no longer be allowed to have the assistance of a reader as an accomodation on reading comprehension tests, the Kentucky Boa...

#AnnualVL2015: Reflections on Day Two

Today was the second and concluding day of the Corwin Press Annual Visible Learning conference featuring the work of John Hattie and associated authors. You can read my reflections on Day One here. The day began with a wide-ranging key...

#AnnualVL2015: Reflections on Day One

I'm delighted to be attending the Annual Visible Learning Conference in San Antonio, Texas, sponsored by Corwin Press, with a contingent of Kentucky educators from the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC). (Update: See re...

Where to Find My Essays, Op-Eds, Research, and Other Writing

I've created this page to catalog my publications, including peer-reviewed research, essays, opinion pieces, and other writing. Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals Houchens, G. W. (2022). [Review of the book COVID-19 and the class...

A visit to two charter schools

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of touring two charter schools in Nashville and visiting with their principals. As Kentucky looks forward to its first charter school law, it was helpful to see first hand two different charter school...