Lee Powell

[Helen Proulx @HelenProulx2]

“Clay's literacy processing theory is complex & multifaceted, & she cautioned that "if literacy teaching only brings a simple theory to a set of complex activities, then the learner has to bridge the gaps created by the simplification" (2015, p. 105)...https://t.co/98gGcR4uV8

[Lee Powell @pleepow]

@dnleslie Said no Reading Recovery Teacher. The prompt is look through the word. Same as visual processing and orthographic mapping.

[Nell K. Duke @nellkduke]

So proud of @PBSKIDS' newest show! It's the first PBS KIDS series to feature central characters on the autism spectrum. It was developed by a team that includes many individuals who are neurodiverse, & it was informed by research! ♥️#CarltheCollector

[Lee Powell @pleepow]

@teachkate I thought I was the only one who stressed about those things!

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

So good: Howard Stern ends his interview with VP Kamala Harris by saying, "I think you'd be a great president. You're compassionate. I love your experience as a prosecutor & I want to thank you. I love you as VP. I want to encourage anyone who thinks similarly to me to vote."

[Dr. Rachael Gabriel @RacheGabriel]

This might be news if there wasn’t a mayoral scandal distracting us.
Oh wait. Probably same news.

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Accurate.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Education isnt a product.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, JD Vance just said if immigration was the path to prosperity, America would be the wealthiest country in the world. All economic stats do show America being the most prosperous nation. Retweet so all Americans see this

[Lee Powell @pleepow]

@JoDooner @ThompsonJodi @MeganGierka You win the prize! 😂

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning leak, JD Vance is found to be calling for a federal response to stop women from traveling from red states to blue states to receive reproductive healthcare. Retweet so all Americans hear this devastating leak.

[Dr. Mary Howard @DrMaryHoward]

Mandating SoR across the country at a cost of $67.5 million is a waste of time effort & $s as we rob teachers of their role as knowledgeable decision-makers.

We stand on the precipice of the destruction of education and call it progress?

https://t.co/bJ2itJGObF

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: After claiming to know nothing about Project 2025, Donald Trump just announced if he wins he will bring back Project 2025’s author Tom Homan. Retweet so every American sees this and knows Trump will implement the disastrous Project 2025 plan

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

OMG! President Biden’s campaign just responded to Donald Trump’s VICIOUS attack on VP Harris with this AMAZING response. They absolutely destroyed Trump. Every American needs to see this!

[Lee Powell @pleepow]

@HelenProulx2 @SterlingSimmon6 No doubt, eating Bon bons while they do so! 🤦‍♀️

[Lee Powell @pleepow]

@Altair4_2381 @ehanford 😂

[Nancy Akhavan @NancyAkhavan]

Only teaching phonics in a whole group setting? Then STOP! 

Swipe to read more about the importance of small-group instruction in the classroom when it comes to teaching phonics!

[Rick Wormeli @rickwormeli2]

Helpful reminder here (And thanks to @KellyGToGo for the original posting reference to this): In his new piece, The Broken Logic of "Sold a Story," (will post link right after this), Tom Newkirk offers robust research and reasoned perspective. At one point, he quotes a particularly strong caution against the constant and misused qualifier, "The Science of" in regards to any discipline or education theory. He and others remind us that certain groups try to cloak themselves in the semblance of science-like vocabulary, phrasing, and pundits, but they are often found very unscientific when put under close scrutiny. Here is a composite of passages from one research article referenced by Newkirk in his response: "Perhaps the most obvious example [of using science to justify a certain reading approach over all others]... is the statement that “the [research] results were so conclusive in favor of systematic phonics instruction that the Institute of Education Science [IES] no longer funds research on whether systematic instruction is effective. It is considered ‘settled science.’” We would challenge the authors...to provide evidence of any such IES policy.
...[S]ettled science might be considered an oxymoron. Scientists are never entirely comfortable that their current data and explanations are fully explanatory. They are continually testing the veracity and utility of current theories, findings, and interpretations. They look for anomalies in their data, and they set an extremely high bar for any conclusions that might approach certainty...
Multidimensional continua, not binaries, are the stuff of science, especially when science is applied to real-world decisions in the realm of instructional practice (see Yaden et al., 2021)....In short, [a group, district, or state that promotes a strict focus on phonics and diminishes the merits of balanced literacy and other approaches]...uses science as a rhetorical tool to promote a preferred orthodoxy or, as some have argued more forcefully, as a bludgeon to silence discussion or debate (Ayres, 2006). Science, used this way, is not a means of inquiry toward better understanding or to obtain better results, but something that requires uncritical deference and genuflection. It suggests that the aim of science is to reach a state where no further understanding is possible, where no more questions need to be asked, where no more evidence needs to be considered, where no other perspectives or interpretations can be reasonably offered, and where anyone who thinks otherwise is a misguided, if not a heretical denier of immutable truth. Such perspectives are not science, especially in matters of teaching and learning, which are always embedded in an incredibly complex social system that entails cultural norms, values, and beliefs, including issues of equity and justice." @DrMaryHoward @plthomasEdD

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

One of the ugliest facts of the US is many Americans believe poor children should (can) perform academically the same as affluent children *as if the poverty/affluence don’t matter*