"The most important thing schools can do is teach children how to read. If you can read, you can learn anything. If you can’t, almost everything in school is difficult. Word problems. Test directions. Biology homework. Everything comes back to reading." nytimes.com/2022/09/01/opi…

“Public school should be this sacred trust between the community and the school. I’m going to give you my child, and you’re going to teach him how to read. And that shattered for me. That was broken.” nytimes.com/2022/09/01/opi…

Learning to read is hard for more children than you might realize. It’s not about intelligence. Lots of very smart people have a tough time. They need direct/explicit instruction. Lots of children weren’t getting in 1998. They’re still not. nytimes.com/2022/09/01/opi…

This will be in your Sunday The New York Times. It’s part of a thought-provoking special New York Times Opinion section on the purpose of school. Good start of the school year Sunday morning reading. Check it out.

New from me, today in US News: How can parents tell if their kids are getting good reading instruction? Here's how to spot a research-backed program. Thanks to Emily Hanford Tina Engberg Learning Matters usnews.com/education/k12/…

How do you organize daily literacy instruction? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/how-to-or…

Math talks, small group instruction, anchor charts, and numberless problems all work in elementary school math classrooms—and they can be surprisingly effective in high school, too. edutopia.org/article/4-elem…

Balanced Lit is like buying bikes for students and assuming they will all just learn. Structured Lit is teaching children how to ride the bikes and giving them the space to practice. Oh, and the bikes are also what will get students everywhere they need to go. #SoR

“You have a core instruction problem.” 100%… less talking about intervention or tutoring as “the fix”… Work on the crisis by healing the roots.

They're brain boosts not brain breaks. Physical activity, play, and recess actually increase brain activity.

Providing reading instruction to students based on "levels" is problematic. It may be preventing students from making optimal progress. Please join us for this webinar from @shanhanonliteracy to learn what research says is a BETTER alternative! eventbrite.com/e/the-science-…

Won't student motivation be damaged if we teach reading with complex text? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/wont-stud…

Teacher Leaders are so underrated. The teachers that choose to be career teachers, the teachers that continue to serve students each and every day, the ones that stay in the trenches. Thank you.

Part of the appeal of Balanced Literacy is that it includes differentiation, but there's a steep opportunity cost for each reading conferences and every Guided Reading Group. A new blog about a more effective way to pull reading groups: righttoreadproject.com/2022/10/13/dif…

Another cracker episode of the ⁦Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast⁩ This time they are with ⁦Timothy Shanahan⁩ whose blogs I am diving deep into as they have so much gold included. He shared so much knowledge here. #literacypodcast #scienceofreading podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mel…

Something I am grateful for? I learned to read easily. I'm a fast reader. It's helped a LOT on this project. I have read hundreds of articles/books about the science of reading over the past 5 years. I recommend 10 things here (was SUPER hard to choose). apmreports.org/story/2022/10/…

Blast from the Past: What texts should we use to teach fluency? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-text…