JICYMI: Natalie Wexler clears up some misconceptions about "building knowledge" in her recent substack. 🔗: nataliewexler.substack.com/p/clearing-up-…

Putting the #ScienceofReading into practice takes... Practice! These webinars are soooo helpful in learning more! 🌟 teacher.scholastic.com/education/webi…

When partnering with schools, I help leaders analyze systems and structures that drive literacy success. The SOR for More Instructional Success Cycle helps leadership teams develop common expectations, language, and practices that lead to excellent instruction in every classroom.

“Young people are trying to make sense of their world, and they don’t understand why they’re struggling...why they’re always in trouble...why they feel like an outsider...We’re ‘othering’ children from four years old on and that is an isolating, lonely, dark place…”

Perfection paralysis stops many schools from moving forward. We must build knowledge, take action, and improve daily. Getting from point a to point b requires MOMENTum and recognizing that EVERY MOMENT MATTERS. We have a finite amount of time. Ready, set, SoR!

Out of all Rosenshine’s Principles, his 6th (checking for understanding) is the most vital. It underpins everything from presenting new material in small steps to obtaining a high success rate. Learn why it’s so important 👇 innerdrive.co.uk/blog/rosenshin…

“Whatever you think about, that’s what you remember. Memory is the residue of thought.” Daniel Willingham This year I’m learning about…LEARNING! This is a fantastic article that I highly recommend to ALL teachers, regardless of the grade or subject you teach. The point of our

❤️Loved getting to collaborate & strategize with KIPP Atlanta Schools leadership today! Thank you, ALBurrussEle & Dunleith Elementary for affirming the amazing work they are doing!

Building knowledge & taking action!! I am so proud of the leadership at Centennial Academy! They have assessed students, grouped them, & provided teachers w/ targeted small group kits! Supporting teachers & removing barriers EVERY DAY so that every child can learn to read! 👏❤️

Yup! Never wait. If it was my kids, I would not wait, not even a single day. Why? Because the consequences of waiting are devastating.

“Early reading success is implicated in every other educational issue. If children can’t read, education is elusive.” One of my favourite articles by Jennifer Buckingham , citing the work of Pamela Snow, Kevin Wheldall AM, Robyn Wheldall and others on the mission to improve student reading

“If only teachers, administrators, educational policy makers, and politicians had read and applied the content of this article, then we could have saved a lot of wasted time, money, and energy spent chasing those elusive domain-independent skills.” The authors of “How Learning

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What a great podcast!! Dawn De Lorenzo, Ed.S.-Thanks for the suggestion... goodhumanseducate.com/podcasts/on-th…