NCTQ Fordham Foundation ExcelinEd (Jeb) GW Bush Deans for Impact M4L SOR Curriculum bans/censorship An anti-teacher/public schools THREAD runs through and holds these together Careful with whom you align ...

Dr. Mary Howard See To Cue or Not to Cue: Is That the Question? languagemagazine.com/2023/07/03/to-…

As someone who taught reading intervention at middle school in a school that focused on a phonics-centric Science of Reading approach, here are a few concerns I see with this new trend and how it might be applied to older students: 1. I worry that we will focus so much on skill

“We are the only profession that is not expected to live by our own professional standards but by laws made by people with no expertise in our field.” Paul Thomas Governor Mike DeWine @OHEducationSupt radicalscholarship.com/2023/07/13/gue…

A must read from President Barack Obama to our country’s librarians: "I hope you’ll join me in reminding anyone who will listen — and even some people you think might not — that the free, robust exchange of ideas has always been at the heart of American democracy."

Wisconsin falls for MS miracle scam And children and teachers suffer the consequences apnews.com/article/tony-e…

WEAC, State Reading Association Raise Concerns as Bill to Increase K-3 Testing, Outlaw Teaching Methods is Signed into Law weac.org/wp-content/upl… Harm Venhuizen

"The certainty of authoritative discourse leaves little room to question these ideas or to implement alternative forms of instruction that could potentially be more beneficial for students." (Worthy, et al., 2018) Governor Mike DeWine @OHEducationSupt journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this 2-part interview, Dr. George Hruby makes a case for using the sciences of reading (with an s!) to help solve our literacy problems. He also pushes back on the recent trend of passing legislation that effectively bans all reading programs except those following a narrow

"We might think we're just teaching literacy but the ways we go about it have consequences for the rest of children's development both in the short and the long run....They don't see the irony in schools." (Johnston, 2021) Governor Mike DeWine OH Dept of Ed and Workforce classroomcaffeine.com/guests/peter-j…

The benefits of independent reading are inarguable; the best readers are those who read the most and the poorest readers are those who read the least. (ILA, 2018) Governor Mike DeWine OH Dept of Ed and WorkforceSupt @OHEducation literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-s…

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This 15 year old article could have been written today. The 5 unscientific assertions listed here and in ILA's Reading Today from this month in 1997 aren't SUPER different then and now. drive.google.com/file/d/19TX_bx…

There aren't enough hearts in the universe to put on this post. We have reduced professionals to assuming a role of compliant disseminator in far too many schools. It goes against everything we know about being a knowledgeable profession who is responsive to kids (not STUFF)

A3 FIRST we must let go of old curricular tools that are minimizing that complexity and thus blinding us to the unique needs of children. We must stop investing millions in scripted program with rigid tests. Gullibility is not a responsible approach. #G2Great

Abolishing standardized testing would mean we stop treating children like standardized students #G2Great

1/5 Please read/share this article grounded in research vs media misinformation. Stories Grounded in Decades of Research: What We Truly Know about the Teaching of Reading (Catherine Compton-Lilly, Lucy K. Spence, Paul L. Thomas, Scott L. Decker) ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tr…

We trust teachers to take care of our kids, to meet their basic physical, social, and emotional needs. So it shouldn't be a stretch to also trust them to teach readers, writers, listeners, communicators.

Today, I learned from PETER AFFLERBACH, Cris Tovani, Carol Jago, and other educators at Wisconsin State Reading Association. It's one of the best state literacy conferences. I look forward to learning more tomorrow. #wsra2024