Michael Scandirito

MA Bilingual Ed. ND. Niche interests: research in bilingual education, literacy, linguistics and world affairs.

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@michaelshermer I believe that you know this is false equivalence.

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@jk_rowling You moved the goalposts after knowing you were incorrect. Now you're just doubling down. But you've got a history that.

[Euan MacDonald @Euan_MacDonald]

Imagine one of your favorite towns in the country you live in, and picture it like this, how it would look after a visit from the Russian World.

You'll feel a bit of the pain Ukrainians feel every day.

[Timothy Shanahan @ReadingShanahan]

Knowledge or comprehension -- what should we teach?
https://t.co/oba05D1kLi

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Now my #nafo intensifies

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

The science of reading community:

Here are a few definitions, a 40 page defining guide, my own explanation for brevity, and a 10 page bibliography for your reference.

Influential academic who won't read any of these things:

I don't understand what this is.

🤦‍♀️

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

IT’S OFFICIAL: Governor Newsom signed the Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill (SB 114) today (7/10/23), which includes requiring K-2 universal screening for reading difficulties, including risk of dyslexia!
https://t.co/XFtWcYJcED
#Dyslexia #universalscreening

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@MikaelLudvik @Reuters Musk is worse.

https://t.co/Gp8Mh1VUW2

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

PPP Loan cancelation was nearly DOUBLE the cost of student debt cancelation.

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

Good news for Europe.

https://t.co/9taYfW2ggk

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@sherry_fremont @GovWhitmer Re: grifter

[Jake Daggett @jake_daggett]

This whole “SOR advocates think…” movement needs to cease. Brain research is not seen as a radical or politically charged opinion in other fields. No one tells the neurologist that they are confused. Science of reading is a body of evidence, not something we “think” and “feel.”

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@McFaul What is the likelihood that this is a stunt for Russia to distance themselves from any association with Wagner, thus dissolving the organization while assimilating their mercenaries?

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@RadioFreeTom Another attention seeking influencer. Not even worth my time listening to this shit.

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

Re: academics that like to make lists of stuff they've collected on Twitter and frame #NAFO as a "harasser"

I teach my university students how to avoid biases like these (e.g. leading questions in survey design). Perhaps you should return your doctorates.

[Timothy Shanahan @ReadingShanahan]

Are you making any of these mistakes when you teach reading with complex text?
https://t.co/fvvWrlZSix

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@NateJoseph19 @JoshuaKingPNG @LXDResearch Excellent work on this. Thanks for sharing. The breakdown of Arkansas and Michigan was a particularly unique vantage point. From what I know about Michigan, there was a third grade retention mandate until recently. This might be relevant:

https://t.co/dswT36cmOz

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@egavactip I wish I knew enough to know what you were talking about back then. There was a growing undercurrent of right wing extremist propaganda at that time which was mostly reserved to blog websites and forums. Facebook and Twitter, and now Tik Tok, have allowed it to spread everywhere.

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

@RMac18 @GeorgeLakoff Yglesias made a basic observation of objective facts and that set off E. Musk. @elonmusk hopes there are enough stupid people who fall for his combative response. Otherwise, there will be enough who know he is really anti-free speech in practice.

[Michael Scandirito @MScandirito]

It's intuitive, and the idea can be substantiated with research. Check out any eye tracking studies on reading digital vs. print text and Maryanne Wolf's insights about all this.

[Eric Levitz @EricLevitz]

Social media has had a negative impact on the reading stamina of most older millennials I know. The idea that being exposed to such technology since early childhood would impair interest in (/capacity for) reading books seems utterly intuitive