Gina Dal Fuoco

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

We've always had SEL in schools. It was called recess, unstructured play, Music, Arts, Physical Education, Etc. But they've been removed or reduced to spend more time on testing, & then we wonder why students lack social/emotional skills to self regulate, focus, & reduce stress.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

This nation was built on peaceful protest. No elected official should lose their job simply for raising their voice – especially when they’re doing it on behalf of our children.

[Dr. Rachael Gabriel @RacheGabriel]

Loved this. Heck of an interview.
https://t.co/g6ndTEeYK1

[Dr. Rachael Gabriel @RacheGabriel]

MORE evidence the era of accountability where test scores matter most is over. It's the privatization era now, consumer (parent) satisfaction is the new test score. @HaveYouHeardPod U-Turn: Charter Schools Go Private’ by Have You Heard is on #SoundCloud https://t.co/nktVTTCkeQ

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

The story about reading the media is missing is how Calkins and F&P took balanced literacy back in time to destroy reading instruction for children in the 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s … now THAT is a story worth selling

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

The #scienceofreading movement is yet another anti-teacher movement in education reform. Just like TFA, charter schools, and the VAM-era of Michelle Rhee. Bashing veteran teachers and teacher educators and coaxing new teachers with false blame and false narratives

[Paul Emerich France, #MakeTeachingSustainable @SustainTeaching]

The problem with scripted programs is that it engenders mindlessness in teachers. When we ask teachers to follow a curriculum with fidelity, we don't encourage them to think about the science of learning.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Standardized tests aren't designed to reflect any real grade level competencies, but to create a norm distribution where half the students feel like failures, even before they have had a chance to experience real success in school.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

If school districts would take time to ask teachers, if you were to think about leaving, what would it take for you to stay. They would quickly find what they need to focus on to improve teachers working conditions.

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

Whose SOR? That's the whole point of the blog. There are MANY MANY researchers who do not accept your "uncomfortable truths". You can't claim settled science when that many scientists still have major questions. To make that claim is misleading and false.

[Gina Dal Fuoco @ginadalfuoco]

A Call for a New (and Honest) Reading Story for 2023 | dr. p.l. (paul) thomas https://t.co/vybQCwn0Pn

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Important reminder! 💯

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

There is a direct line from misinformation and false narrative by @educationweek @apmreports @nytimes @Forbes regarding the "science of reading" and harmful state legislation

Chasing clicks = harm

See (and links to 2 previous posts in first graph) https://t.co/nRFl1OzUex

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

If your employer hasn't increased your pay by at least 16% since the beginning of 2020, you got a pay cut.

If you got a 17% raise, it's really a 1% raise at this point.

[Gina Dal Fuoco @ginadalfuoco]

We have work to do on this @PaloAltoEduAsc

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Standardized tests have no place in elementary education. Because testing becomes the focus of education instead of learning. We take away the fun and excitement of learning, playing, exploring, & creating. We create test takers instead of problem solvers and innovators.

[Gina Dal Fuoco @ginadalfuoco]

They either have amnesia or they don’t know enough about literacy to know any better…

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

Been working on an episode of @HaveYouHeardPod about the reading wars and it is the weirdest experience because no one remembers anything

[Gina Dal Fuoco @ginadalfuoco]

This👇 100%

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones.

Certainty is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for thinking deeply.

It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.

[Mrs. K @MelK_Edu]

Any other trained from the start of your career in Science of Reading teachers out there that were forced to teach Open Court in the early 2000s feel like they are watching a train wreck and can’t do anything about it because no one wants to discuss the rest of the story? 💔

[Mrs. K @MelK_Edu]

We need to demand publishers stay true to ALL of the science of reading instead of periodically sticking new packaging on programs that have failed our students for decades.