1/6 my new article, "The Sciences of Reading Instruction" is now out in ASCD 's EL Magazine. In it I get to write about how "polarizing pitches" about what counts as the #scienceofreading are a lot like the claims made within in the diet/fitness industry

To keep it simple, anxiety and learning don't work well together ... especially if in the same context (ie. math anxiety and learning math). Again, any teaching practices that fuels anxiety should be avoided.

I don’t know who originally came up with this, but it is spot on!

So children use grapho-phonemic information along with language structures & meaning when they read?

What if I told you Sold a Story Sold a story? And it was 🔥💩 But folks bought it

A Conversation on the Science of Reading by Thomas Ultican "The Orwellian labeled science of reading (SoR) is not based on sound science. It more accurately should be called “How to Use Anecdotes to Sell Reading Products.” tultican.com/2024/05/27/a-c…

Isolated phonics lessons aren’t working: here’s a better way to teach young children to read and write theconversation.com/isolated-phoni… via The Conversation

Fantastic article by Timothy Shanahan The idea that multi sensory instruction is necessary is likely among the biggest myths IMO. shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-abou…

Thank you to 4th-grade teacher and mom, @Eduventuring04, for allowing us to share her reflections on the challenges of helping her dyslexic daughter learn to read. Phonics Will Fix It - A Myth I Still Wish Were True buff.ly/4eNEk4Z

With time Calkins and F&P will be vindicated But those who profited off the baseless and hyperbolic personal attacks will suffer no consequences This is one way the SOR movement is Trumplike Along with all the other lies and cultish missionary zeal

Re-upping this. For every single damn reason.

This image infuriates me in ways that I cannot express deeply enough. My daughter while running into a stairwell at her school for safety was unlucky by 1 second. Trump was lucky by one second. To mock my loss from AR 15-gun violence is disgusting beyond all measure. As a

Biden endorsed his VP to be president. Trump tried to kill his.

What happened to “any time, any place”?

Rev. Justin Berkobien Sir, I'll have you know that tables and horizontal dining arrangements are the protected province of CHRISTIANS!!!

Kamala for President.

JD Vance has sought to tamp down the firestorm over his "childless cat ladies" smear by claiming he was taken out of context. But this wasn't a single rant. Here are 12 other times Vance disparaged people who “don't have kids” -- on Twitter, right-wing podcasts, and on Fox.🧵

Tim Walz made tampons available. Trump’s Project 2025 plans a federal database to track the menstrual cycles and pregnancies of millions of American women and girls. Gosh, I wonder who we should vote for?

Some look like this… #autism