“Beware The Reading League because it is an advocacy movement that is too often little more than cherry-picking, oversimplification, and a thin veneer for commercial interests in the teaching of reading.”
“decision makers should look to the larger scientific comm’ty so that they can make more comprehensively informed decisions regarding
an intervention’s scientifically
determined effectiveness, limitations, & breadth to appropriately support diverse students” @HelenProulx2
Hurrah for Joe and Janice's support of Reading Recovery and Marie Clay's amazing early literacy research! STONES FROM A GLASS HOUSE: THE PARADOXICAL CONDEMNATION OF READING RECOVERY IN THE ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RIGHT TO READ REPORT
Link: https://t.co/cc9bnawTHf
Michael Rosen: Three Twitter threads on reading, language and a response to an article in the Sunday Times today by Nick Gibb : https://t.co/U8f7ZCbS9x
Delighted to see so many worrying with very good reason about the apparent trend in the direction of the use of scripts in classrooms. I wrote about this in 2012, and have repeated it in many ways since..
TY to ILA for an amazing virtual opportunity w/ leaders in the field of literacy research, Rob Tierney & P. David Pearson
Fact-Checking the "Science of Reading": Claims, Assumptions, and Consequences
5/25/23 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. ET
Register HERE:
https://t.co/2KB2sDa9js
"There are proven ways to increase edu. attainment across the board, common sense —but expensive—measures such as decreasing class sizes and providing universal Pre-K. But none of that gets a mention in the Read Act."
Phonics Fundamentalism Comes to MN https://t.co/IH2uwM7f3E
Flying on Porter Airlines inaugural flight from Halifax to Toronto Pearson this morning. There was cake, pictures, balloons, lots of excitement and then...get this, they cancel the flight due to crew timeout 😆 how embarrassing for them #porter#yyz#yhz@porterairlines
Today at recess, a first grader came to tell me she had a plan to change the world. I asked her if we could have a meeting later to discuss her idea and she said, “Absolutely, I’m free all day.” 💀
Sold a Story is a cover for another story being sold and packaged, literally, and the attacks are designed to clear market space, not support teachers or address individual student needs.