🚨 Playoffs = giveaway time 🚨 RT this to be entered for the chance to win tickets, signed gear, limited-edition merch, and much more. Winners will be selected daily! #OneTeamOneVision

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Problems are meant to be recognized, but not committed to—Mickey Smith, Jr. #PlainTalkNOLA

Thanks Tools 4 Reading, for my starter pack! So excited!!! instagram.com/p/CZziRGJPs9R/…

🧵A study has found that students who participated in Reading Recovery (RR) scored lower on third grade state reading tests than students of similar ability who don't do RR. Emily Hanford & Christopher Peak #teacherlegislator #iteachreading 1/25 npr.org/2022/05/05/109…

If you haven’t listened yet, you absolutely should! When parents have to teach their kids to read at home because we are holding onto antiquated practices, it’s past time to do better! Thanks Emily Hanford for continuing to tell the story! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol…

My head and heart are so full! Thanks, The Reading League for the best week!

Congratulations to MCPER Executive Director Dr. Sharon Vaughn for being ranked 298 in the United States and 484 in the world of the Top 1000 Female Scientists by Research.com Research.com. Learn more about Dr. Vaughn's work and ranking: research.com/u/sharon-vaughn

"It's unimaginable how different things are right now." Congratulations to Abilene High School - 2022 Sports in Kansas Facility of the Year. Incredible project done by Mammoth Sports Construction: a game-changer for the entire community. #DoSomethingBig @mammothbuilt

#SoR. This is why structured literacy is important. Not just for the 20% that may be dyslexic but for the 60% of students who don’t learn to read easily.

I've read and admired Education Week for 15 years and have never had reason to question their journalistic decision-making...until today. Running a Education Week Opinion piece by Lucy Calkins that amounts to an apologia/advertisement was a bad call. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

“When you are arguing against God you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all.” - C.S. Lewis

“We can produce kids that look dyslexic simply if we don’t teach them right. That’s a fact!” Jack Fletcher is my hero! #IDA22

“Struggling readers get more of the same…more leveled literacy.” Isn’t that the definition of insanity? Emily Hanford If you haven’t listened to this week’s episode, put it at the top of your To Do list! open.spotify.com/episode/0FvXnI…

Abilene, Kansas voted best small town to visit in the USA: bit.ly/3IH8to3 #KAKEnews

Flew all the way to Orlando to get to hear this guy! So grateful our paths crossed, Heath Peine! Looking forward to a great day!

Neuroscientist Reid Lyon offers 10 maxims about what we know about how children learn to read: bit.ly/3Kf3WtS. The research support for these claims is here: bit.ly/3rNCPQf (pdf)

Limiting children to books they can already read reduces their opportunity to learn. Read more about this as well as determining text levels and book levels that promote learning here. bit.ly/3ovx9ce #educhat

Did you know 15% of all U.S. public school students received special education in 2021-22? Our $1.7M study aims to examine how schools identify these needs, particularly in reading. uh.edu/news-events/st…

Add professional dancer to the very long list of skills that Spencer Brown has mastered…… Is there anything this dude can’t do?!