Study of 3 teachers in low-achieving schools whose students scored above state avg: "The findings revealed that participating teachers believed that all students could and would learn, and that student learning was a direct reflection of their teaching." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

It matters so much *to what* the intervention is being compared. For example, is the intervention being compared to no intervention at all or to a proven intervention?

Aristotle wrote: “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” His words help explain why some students love to read and others dislike & avoid it: Unless reading affects mind & heart, students are merely decoders. Evan Robb Dr. Mary Howard

#Ilachat A counterpoint piece to the two recent critcisms of ELA cur. We've been down similiar paths before- those who fail to study the past are condemned to relive it. readingrecovery.org/taking-a-profe…

Wendy Beitel Adria Klein Carla Soffos It WAS a great day! We had powerful conversations and are thinking about our work with teachers and students! Ed White Elementary NeilArmstrong John Glenn Elementary Alan Shepard Elementary Virgil Grissom Elementary School Mississippi Bend AEA

"If science of reading advocates seek to maintain legitimacy with the multilingual learner education research community, we must set a very high bar for judging any theoretical framework to be 'disproven,' 'debunked,' or 'wrong.' ow.ly/GgjL50P42u1

Another bill "to improve sagging reading scores & thus justify "more phonics" w/ "more frequent reading tests." And in this case the goal of more reading coaches is to promote MORE testing & further justify MORE phonics. MASSIVE step backwards! apnews.com/article/tony-e…

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