Kent Johnson awarded 2009 Ernie Wing Award for Excellence in Evidence-based Education

Kent Johnson, Ph.D. and Morningside Academy, Seattle, WA is one of the recipients of the  2009 Ernie Wing Award for Excellence in Evidence-based Education , awarded

"...in recognition of their work in developing, implementing, and sustaining a “data-based decision making organization and culture” designed to provide state-of-the-art educational services..."

This prestigious award is well-deserved by Kent and the talented teachers of Morningside Academy, who apply use of good curricular design, fluency-based instruction and charting in their Generative Model of Instruction to improving the academic performance of 18,000 students via their program, having collaborative relationships with 86 programs nationally and internationally, and training new cohorts of teachers yearly in their Morningside Teachers and Summer Training Academies.

Kent has also shared his expertise as one of the founders of the online reading program,  Headsprout Early Reading.

Warm congratulations on this achievement!

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Past posts:
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
OPPORTUNITY: Summer Programs for Students & Teachers at Morningside Academy, Seattle, WA 

Related:
Johnson, K., & Street, E. M. (2004). The Morningside Model of Generative Instruction: What it means to leave no child behind. Concord, MA: Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies

Other Morningside instructional materials
Morningside Press

Johnson, K. (2009, in press). Instructional design for Precision Teaching in academics. In Marlene Cohen, Carl Binder, and Michael Fabrizio (eds.), Bridging the gap for learners with autism spectrum disorders and learning disabilities: Precision Teaching and Fluency-based Instruction. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company. 

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