Poverty matters, but it doesn't mean kids can't learn to read. We must avoid what former President Bush called "The soft bigotry of low expectations". youtu.be/9gjMHTHFOI4

I took a look at the new digital SAT reading/writing test. My prediction is that the shortened passages will make the role of knowledge and vocabulary even MORE important than it already is. There's no extraneous detail to help build some quick context.

Despite the English Language being complex, it is surprisingly pretty predictable. #Literacy #Language #Education #EESInnovation Jordan Pridemore Tayler Pawlak Tiffany Johnson Kristin Nichole Creech Michele M Smith Tara O'Hare

Want help aligning your curriculum w/ the new 2023 IN Academic Standards? We offer curriculum mapping services with our ELA & Math specialist teams. Our process will ensure that your map is aligned to the assessments & the updated 2023 IAS. Here is what some teachers are saying!

Finally, our plane library is complete! Can’t wait to officially open it tomorrow for World Book Day UK 📚 What a way to get children reading 🤩📚

The biggest shift is SHORT passages with a 1:1 question to answer!

They deserve it.

Here is one way to add morphology instruction to social studies. I'm teaching students about different types of government. Structured word inquiry lesson.

Read my statement on Indiana’s newly required Literacy Endorsement and 80-hour training as a result of HEA 1558-2023 and SEA 1-2024.

Make Tier 1 the priority Make Tier 1 the priority Make Tier 1 the priority Tiers 2 & 3 are a direct reflection of how effective your Tier 1 is. Design Tier 1 so that it's all it should be for learners & teachers. It's the only way things change to benefit everyone.

News consumption: when reading, you control the pace, and readers tend to dwell on emotionally negative features. That focus is absent when listening, because the speaker controls the pace. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Literacy is civil right. The wakeup call is long overdue. Share this with whomever needs to hear it. Thank you, NAACP, for your leadership. the74million.org/article/naacp-…

For the kids. For the women. For Indiana.

Please don't tell me your teaching methods and materials are culturally relevant, inclusive, or liberatory if they produce illiterate children. Just don't.

The EES Innovation Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment team is on the move! 🚀. We have rolled out our formative assessment system and instructional supports to 17 districts and have enrolled over 40,000 students! #SoR #Literacy #Math

🧵Since Westfield schools came under, I thought let's take today to look at their performance vs. private/charter schools. Westfield is among the top-performing public districts and also outperforms most private institutions.

#Reading

"We need to start seeing content-rich elementary curriculum combined with explicit instruction as an urgent civil rights issue." -Beyond the Science of Reading by Natalie Wexler. To remain committed to education equity, we must prioritize both content and instruction.

Making great writers starts with a single sentence. Grateful for the chance to present with Jordan Pridemore at ICTE today on how small, intentional steps can transform reluctant writers into confident ones.

“What I’ve learned is that when educators say, ‘These kids can’t,’ what they’re really saying is THEY can’t. The teachers don’t know how.” A poverty of possibility. — Colin Seale, #KINLCon Keep Indiana Learning thinkLaw