Research (science) shows that over emphasizing phonics when teaching new readers leads to weaker comprehension than a more balanced approach. tultican.com/2024/05/27/a-c… #Reading

#Equity

A ‘schools alone’ policy response that ignores how conditions outside of school… impact student learning, graduation, and college going rates will not serve young people well, especially Black males. janresseger.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/new… via @janresseger #EducationMatters

Memorial Day, 2024 - I believe, heart and soul, in the shining but imperfect ideals of a democratic education, equality under the law, the American common school and a free, high-quality education for all children. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2024/05/27/mem… via nancyflanagan #MemorialDay

439 million ‘dollars to discriminate’ - Two-thirds of voucher recipients in 2023-24 had never attended an Indiana public school and most were not from poor families. inschoolmatters.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/439… #privatization

Don't Be Fooled: Voucher Programs Are Coming to Destroy Public Education - In the 21st century too many policymakers are determined to squander America's greatest legacy by starving public education. commondreams.org/opinion/school…

Ignoring Evidence in the 'Science of' Era: Fidelity and Deficit Ideology Edition - SOR legislation and mandates are misguided and even harmful. radicalscholarship.com/2024/05/25/ign… via Paul Thomas #Reading

Great breakdown by Thomas Ultican of the Pearson/Tierney scholarly report on the Science of Reading. It's critical to examine ALL the angles of this issue. #teachers tultican.com/2024/05/27/a-c…

The media and sullen nonvoters should listen to Ken Burns - Twenty-somethings, 'With no realistic idea how to end the crisis, they instead choose to bathe in indignation.' washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/… #politics

Trump Vows to Crush Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests - Claims he would he would expel student demonstrators from the United States. I guess a dictator could do that. dianeravitch.net/2024/05/28/tru… via @dianeravitch #politics

The science of reading is a fraud based on what really experts are saying. tultican.com/2024/05/27/a-c… #Reading

This is an historical post about Henry Barnard, who was the first leader of the department of education in 1867. tultican.com/2024/05/21/hen… #EducationMatters

Trump Turns to Hard-Right Evangelical Congressman to Advise Him on Education - He is a black Republican congressman and his wife is a charter school founder. That the good part of their activities. dianeravitch.net/2024/05/28/tru… via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

Billionaires fund charter networks as they award monetary grants to “overhaul the education system through a corporate model of privatization and market competition.”@NPEAction Peter Greene Network4PublicEd Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹 MassPolProfMo Thomas Ultican
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Post explains why real literary experts do not buy the science of reading as settled anything. tultican.com/2024/05/27/a-c… #Reading

The 990 would indicate otherwise...
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Jacki Lyden, Barry Wightman, John Norcross: Don’t think fascism could happen here? You haven’t tracked the school book bans. These members of Wisconsin Writers for Democracy sound the alarm in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/j… EducationMatters

A Conversation on the Science of Reading by Thomas Ultican

'The Orwellian labeled science of reading (SoR) is not based on sound science. It more accurately should be called “How to Use Anecdotes to Sell Reading Products.”

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Texas: Governor Abbott’s Maniacal Passion for Vouchers - Yass and DeVos are financing Abbott's attack on moderate rural Republicans. dianeravitch.net/2024/05/28/tex… via @dianeravitch #privatization