Dear letter writers I’ve read your letter to the editor about “Sold a Story,” and honestly ended up confused. I would be grateful for further explanation. I explain my failures to understand your argument in this thread. hechingerreport.org/opinion-a-call…

Teachers who disagreed with the letter Hechinger published in response to "Sold A Story" might want to reach out to callie - call your electeds 4 ceasefire! and have a look at the response from a teacher's perspective, and consider signing on. From the perspective of this non-teacher it's right on point.

A cognitive horror story

“In recent years, a growing number of experts, advocates and parents have argued that educators are often too quick to blame poor reading outcomes on families, particularly low-income ones, overlooking schools’ complicity in perpetuating unequal access.” washingtonpost.com/education/2022…

Who's right? Emily Hanford or her critics. Shanahan weighs in. shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/is-emily-…

🧵We adapted Sold a Story for Reveal. It's been airing on public radio stations this weekend. You can hear it on the Reveal podcast too. revealnews.org/podcast/how-te… 1/5

MAKING INSTRUCTION EXPLICIT 🧵 In this thread, I have summarised some of Barak Rosenshine’s most influential points from his 2002 presentation on making instruction explicit. You can watch the full presentation here: 📼 youtu.be/gvv-y7SHLeM Hope you find this useful! ⬇️

📺 You can find individual clips complied in a single YouTube playlist. Tap the link below!👇 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Let’s talk about “implementation fidelity” - one of educations most agitating terms… 🧵 (1/7)

THREAD: WATCH THE RIGHT TO READ ON NATIONAL READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY. In celebration of National Reading Month, The Right to Read will be available to all audiences for free online for one week.

Twitter needs a "blue check" for people who've actually taught children to read - consistently and across demographics. That'd help people understand if they're listening to a theorist, successful practitioner, or somebody who's full of it.

Last week, three superintendents wrote an absolute barn-burner of an OpEd, and I'm not sure it has had enough attention. Sonja Santelises Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney Iranetta Rayborn Wright with straight talk about the nation's most popular curriculum: k12dive.com/news/reading-r…

@MJ18912000 The Reading League High Five Literacy Daniel Willingham As a cognitive scientist, I would characterize background knowledge and skill differently than what Shannahan has done. Knowledge and skill are differentiated in the memory literature with knowledge here roughly equivalent to declarative memory, which is explicit...

“A revolt over how children are taught to read, steadily building for years, is now sweeping school board meetings and statehouses around the country.” nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/…

OK! Now the reporters at CNN are following the lead of Emily Hanford and sharing the "news" about failing reading programs in U.S. schools! This should get some attention!

Interpreting research and translating it into classroom practice requires specialised knowledge and a lot of time, and the prospect can be daunting and demotivating for busy teachers who are newly aware of the Science of Reading. View the report at fivefromfive.com.au/wp-content/upl…

If have questions about the value of and measures of fluency, I highly recommend this one. ⁦Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D.⁩ puts on a master class &⁦Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast⁩ continue to outdo themselves with contributions to the field. 👏👏👏⁦Sonja Santelises⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mel…

“Narrowing the gap…word by word.” 👏🏾👏🏾 ExcelinEd Kristen Wynn #MS