Robert Rogers

Pediatric-trained allergist. Reading Partners tutor. President of the @ReadingLeagueTX. Every child should read at grade level by 3rd!

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@Kress_Sandy @ColleenDippel @KendallGPace @GinaHinojosaTX @jamestalarico @SarahEckhardtTX How much? How long?

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@Parents4RJ @brett_tingley Goodness! This is awesome. Years and years of advocacy paying off! Congratulations

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@mackenzieprice Presuming kids have been taught to read. Do all students come to Alpha as proficient readers?

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@karenvaites OMG, so much is broken. Regarding state leadership in Texas, our commissioner has been in place for over 10 years. During his tenure, our 3rd grade reading proficiency has improved 0.8% per year, from 42 to 50%. At this rate, we will reach 90% in 50 years. Heartbreaking.

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@KJWinEducation @brett_tingley @karinchenoweth @Parents4RJ Eager to hear this. @karinchenoweth is one of the very best education reporters.

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@KJWinEducation Why is this so rare in education?

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@PhonicsMom @NielsHoven For my Texas friends:

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@edwonkkimmy I have a long list of opinions about why the Reading Academies have failed to have significant impact, but I'd love to hear your ideas. Can you share the Houston comparative information? We are a wealthy state and our reading outcomes are indefensible.

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@karenvaites I’m begging the leadership of @teainfo and @FortWorthISD to do the same. Texas is not a poor state and we shouldn’t tolerate our abysmal student outcomes. Indefensible.

[Kareem J. Weaver @KJWinEducation]

Mississippi Dept of Ed: Top Ten Things that
Every Literacy Leader (Admin) Needs to Know.
I was doing 1 at a time; enough of that. Here's all 10

https://t.co/AEMWSpRzqF

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@Parents4RJ @brett_tingley The absence of “how did they do that” curiosity among education professionals is among the most baffling aspects of my experience in literacy advocacy.

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@DTWillingham Being unable to read - going to school day after day feeling defeated and stupid, is an adverse childhood experience. It's a shame it isn't included on the ACE questionnaire.

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@jayphoward @Doug_Lemov Sure - if they used the Mississippi model, if you’re held back, you can’t go back to the situation that failed to teach you the first time. Catch up is possible and should be expected.

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

New Post: What You Might Not Know About Project Follow Through

https://t.co/fFguXlYYG9

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@Doug_Lemov Graduation rates are meaningless.

[Darren Leslie @dnleslie]

Teaching children to read is one of the most important things we do in education. When we get it wrong, the consequences stay with them for years. What worries me most is how often we cling to methods we know don’t work. Researchers, teachers and parents keep pointing it out. Yet the system barely shifts. We can do better. And our children deserve better.

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

@MmeLockhartLDS @ErinCKing Improvement at scale is completely dependent on administrator knowledge. I dream of what would happen if every elementary principal were to read “It’s Possible” (not to discount the other great books you highlighted).
@SchoolsCubedLLC @AngieHanlin

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Oh

[Kareem J. Weaver @KJWinEducation]

"Every initiative lives or dies on the principal's desk."
- Becky Sullivan

[Robert Rogers @choirdoc]

If you care about public school governance, this post by @rpondiscio is definitely worth your time.

A school board trustee should have high expectations for student outcomes. No longer should the trustee use the demographics of their district as an excuse for poor performance.

[Robert Pondiscio @rpondiscio]

A study of school board members shows why they are so vulnerable to institutional capture: They're "dominated by people steeped in education’s internal culture, not by independent-minded representatives of the broader community."

My latest @AEIdeas

https://t.co/IcCKgucESv