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Absolute truth. Reading is the fundamental basis of every subject in school. If we aren’t teaching these kids how to read they don’t have a chance at being successful. #DoBetter #LiteracyMatters

And look where that got us. Yikes.

This is BIG news for the students in SBISD! Jennifer is a tireless advocate for literacy & dyslexia students! #untilALLchildrencanREAD missy purcell Kareem J. Weaver Dr. Tracy White-Weeden Ms. Benison- Karen Vaites Emily Binks-Cantrell Holly Lane High Five Literacy

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New episode of Sold a Story available now. Episode 11: The Outlier There's a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. How did they do it? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol…

Maybe this is a model districts should emulate…

People of every color and stripe have challenges, but they learn to overcome. Literacy helps children be overcomers.

Wow. No words. Just sadness.

Reflecting on all of the possibilities and "What If's" as a result of the Sold a Story podcast in my latest blogpost: megankruse.edublogs.org/2025/03/02/wha… "...some schools were having more of an impact than others." Emily Hanford APM Reports

The SBISD BOT has a critical vote happening next week regarding the adoption of a new Literacy Curriculum. Our friends at PIPElineSBISD have had a lot to say about this. Click the link to view more. instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0…

On Edu-Twitter, evidence-based practices like knowledge-rich curricula, direct instruction, cognitive load theory, and retrieval practice seem mainstream. But in the real world? I’ve seen almost no evidence that educators have even heard of them, let alone become familiar

We think this really describes the current educational system quite well… educationhq.com/news/like-aski…

This new book about morphology for 7-11 year olds is superb.

Just sitting here wondering . . . Now that Steubenville's decades-long success in teaching children to read proficiently by 3rd gr has been highlighted in Sold a Story, how many other districts have contacted them in hopes to copy their success? A few? A lot? None? It would be

Take a guess - HMH Into Reading

I’m writing something about Into Reading, the curriculum that spawned this thread, right now. Go read the replies and grimace for the poor teachers given this program. If you appreciate teachers, give them something decent to teach from.

I could not agree with this more. We need to recognize that literacy development and content-area learning are inextricably linked.

Inbox: “Our district is going to apply the lessons of Steubenville to improve reading outcomes. But, it isn’t going to change Tier 1 curriculum. Which is <mediocre reading program.>” Me: “They aren’t applying the lessons of Steubenville at all.”

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