Allister Chang
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@AllisterChang | First AAPI @DCSBOE | Top Priority = Literacy | Newsletter: https://t.co/jI0t7mxB2w | @LibraryCongress Literacy Awards Board Chair
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.Natalie Wexler & Allister Chang: Pairing effective phonics instruction with effective knowledge-building can narrow achievement gaps that haven’t budged in Washington, D.C., schools since 1998 buff.ly/3JjFMNU
If you'd like to share your thoughts on the budget with DC State Board of Ed, they will host a Community Budget Forum this Saturday! You must RSVP tomorrow, 4/18, by 12pm. bit.ly/SBOECommunityB…
Highlighting this line from Mr. Jovan Johnson's live testimony DC State Board of Ed tonight: Putting a washer dryer a DC elementary school reduced chronic absenteeism by 10%.
🗣️ #YourEducation . #YourVoice . @dcsboe is hosting a Community Budget Forum, and your opinion matters. Register by noon tomorrow, April 18, to participate🍎Register here: bit.ly/SBOECommunityB…
Thank you Allister Chang for your leadership around literacy. We hope the Council of DC fully funds the literacy taskforce’s recommendations to accelerate student learning. Literacy is key to our student’s success now & in the future! the74million.org/article/d-c-ne…
.Natalie Wexler & Allister Chang: Pairing effective phonics instruction with effective knowledge-building can narrow achievement gaps that haven’t budged in Washington, D.C., schools since 1998 buff.ly/3Ji2Yfc
🗣️Join DC State Board of Ed on April 17 for the public meeting. There will be a panel discussion on the FY25 Proposed Budget, an administrative vote approving the District of Columbia’s first Social and Emotional Learning standards, and more🍎 #YourVoice #YourEducation
How reading is taught matters.
Mississippi is the poorest state in the US, and its 4th graders outperform Virginia’s in every student demographic.
And MS vastly outperforms VA for underprivileged children.
HT California Reading Coalition for screenshot.
Great commentary from DC State Board of Ed's Allister Chang on what it'll take to close #reading gaps in the District. Echoes board colleague Ruth Wattenberg's piece in #NASBEStandard - nasbe.org/how-background…
Today, we celebrate DC Emancipation Day, the day 162 years ago President Lincoln abolished slavery in DC, freeing over 3,000 enslaved people.
Our work continues toward DC enfranchisement honoring the history & present of our communities. emancipation.dc.gov/page/history-e… #DCStatehood
.Natalie Wexler & Allister Chang: Pairing effective phonics instruction with effective knowledge-building can narrow achievement gaps that haven’t budged in Washington, D.C., schools since 1998 buff.ly/3VWuHcX
DC could be a model for a new kind of ed reform: identifying literacy curricula that cover phonics AND knowledge-building effectively.
DC should at LEAST collect data on what curricula schools are using now.
See the op-ed I wrote with Allister Chang
the74million.org/article/d-c-ne…