If a governor candidate is taking advise from WSRA whose lobbied against laws for Dyslexia it’s a problem. States that are adopting science of reading practices are moving the needle while Wi has the worst record for African Americans on reading in the country.

The current Press of Wi State Reading Association recommending Ken Goodman - considered the father of whole language. When Act 20 passed she said that these practices were coming under scrutiny. And seeking help on BAS an assessment with 3 cueing. Wi Teachers Deserve Better

Not sure if this counts as 'different' but... If a pupil can't decode after plenty of high-quality instruction, the appropriate response should be to assess what aspect(s) of decoding they are struggling with and target this with explicit teaching and plenty of practice. >>

facebook.com/share/v/19yJdr…. Advocate -you run the meeting if you have to! To many times parents are intimidated by the degrees sitting around the table! 👏👏👏🫶

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My school had all the third graders write about their favorite Xmas and published all of them in the local paper without editing. My dyslexic daughter’s is riddled with spelling mistakes. I’m kind of angry about it- Anyone else with a dyslexic kid feel like that’s not ok?

A wealth of information in this. files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED519…

In 2026, MPS will begin a districtwide special education audit to inform future programming for students with disabilities. @milwaukeeNNS writes about what the audit will entail milwaukeenns.org/2025/12/09/mil…

“Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

Wisconsin State Reading Association wants teachers to believe that Reading Recovery Council members are the reliable source for information on Literacy and to repeal Act 20. These are from WSRA presentations in 2025. Wi Teachers Deserve Better!

This news story does. Good job of quickly showing Why the Reading Community shouldn’t be using programs like Reading Recovery. atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/12/10/geo…

K-12 Education: MPS Makes Progress on Science of Reading urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/12/22/k-1…

Given that Mark Seidenberg is from Wi I’m sure he’s had is share of teachers version of flat earthers in his interactions with Wi literacy groups.

Cool graph of Act 20 data.

Shame on this school putting Special Needs kids in a cage. They decided to use it they built and installed it and only when a teacher whistleblew. newsnationnow.com/us-news/educat… youtube.com/watch?v=rUixtm…

“The tragedy is that we already know what works. High-dosage tutoring, extended learning time, relentless use of data and feedback, and refusing to accept the soft bigotry of low expectations—these aren’t theories. They’re proven.” learningwithoutscars.org/the-economics-….

Or they say Cueing works. When someone tells you that cueing improves comp what they are telling you is that pics and context helps make a better guesser but if they can’t provide ORF data the study is flawed. ORF is one of the most reliable measures of reading we have.