"Bridging that gap is the work" Important thread on direct aka explicit instruction 🧵

"Three common mistakes students are still taught about online searching." Sarah McGrew's terrific oped in Education Week Opinion edweek.org/teaching-learn…

There’s two types of people: 1. “You’re late.” 2. “I’m so happy you made it.” Which type of person are you?

"Bilingualism seems to be associated with a longer time in developing adequate spelling skills, whereas SES was the primary underpinning of the reading comprehension gap over time." mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/5…

To Bronx families & educators, looks like a great event cc: Jill Schimmel @TorresRealTalk CSD10

They’re at it again 311 Eric Dinowitz NYPD 50th Precinct NYC Buildings - idling across from a school & double parked

Come work for NNERPP! Join NNERPP as an Assistant Director and help lead & expand our professional learning community of #RPPs: bit.ly/3ykdmym Please share widely! #RPPchat #edchat Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Spent some time sharing our Summer Rising grows 🌻 and glows ✨ with Gwen Fishel from the DOE Research and Policy Support Group Kiana Washington Cris Vaughan NYC District 11Community School District Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos

New study from colleagues Jason Borges & Meghan Duffy in collab w/Devin Kearns & Melodee Walker asks: Can reading practitioners and researchers improve intensive reading support systems in a large urban school system? Answer: yes! read article for deets onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

ICYMI 👇

Like for many others Stockpile customer 'service' is the pits - I've gotten email responses that are unhelpful at best & have sent me in circles trying to resolve my issue. Is anyone there????

This article reminded me of the importance of subtraction. In order to make room for the new (fill in the blank - material, activity, workstream), what do you take out? Looking forward to the podcast!

Parents, see National Center on Improving Literacy’s infographic for questions to ask about your child's reading instruction, which should be explicit, systematic, and evidence-based. bit.ly/3s96Ma8 #literacy

Important study by Jason Borges & Meghan Duffy in collab w/Devin Kearns & Melodee Walker asks: Can reading practitioners & researchers improve intensive reading support systems in a large urban school system? Answer: YES -- see more in link to article below

A great thread - read & save for a wide range of nonfiction books recommendations!

Highly recommend! An invaluable resource for district folks brokering research evidence and working with external researchers

At International Dyslexia Association on Fri? Catch Devin Kearns & Jason Borges NYC Public Schools presentation 'Breaking Walls: integrating reading research, policy, and applications'

Jason Borges from the ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩ Literacy Collaborative talking about how important researchers are to schools to help them best practices