As a grade 1 educator I saw the most student success with this model. Unless a child had a modified IEP, students received scaffolded grade level Tier 1 reading instruction. After, spec Ed & myself both provided in class Tier 2 support to fill foundational reading skill gaps.
🚨 ALL children — including those with dyslexia and English language learners — deserve access to core instruction.
Not alternative programs. Not pullouts. Not a seat at the back of the room.
RIGHTFUL PRESENCE. 👊
✅ Tier 1 instruction must be inclusive
✅ Services pushed IN — not pulled out
✅ Trained teachers delivering core curriculum to EVERY child.
Missing core instruction is not intervention. It’s exclusion. Two educators. Two coasts. One urgent conversation. 🎧: https://t.co/TW8rBfkGOa
@DyslexiaIDA@NationalParents@reading_league@FULCRUMLiteracy@KJWinEducation@CarvajalHageman
#ScienceOfReading #Dyslexia #OhioED #LiteracyNow #EveryChildReads
@KJWinEducation So often missed in our conversations about improvement. Excuses have become much more accepted, expectations seen by some as cruel because Johnny had a rough childhood. Truth is, one of the most loving thing you can do for someone is to maintain high expectations
On an upcoming episode of Literacy Now:
We visited Allison Taylor, a 2nd grade teacher in @MariettaCitySch, GA, and she documented an almost 60% drop in bad behavior after implementing Science of Reading based UFLI + Wit & Wisdom.
Teachers could teach. Kids learned to read.
Turns out literacy might be the most powerful behavior intervention we have.
@DyslexiaIDA@ParentsUnion@Reading_League@UFLiteracy
Thank you @SBAENetwork for the invitation to discuss “belief-based” vs. “evidence-based” education.
The key difference, for me, is simple: if research started supporting minimally guided learning, the evidence-based response would be to adopt it.
@MelK_Ed Can we bring back time on task too? I’m all for spirit days but when they come at the cost of core literacy and numeracy instruction, I have a problem! Can we prioritize instructional time? Our students deserve it!
If students struggle with writing, the fix isn’t “longer essays.” It’s explicit sentence-level practice that builds clarity and knowledge. Powerful from @natwexler today.
#ScienceOfLearning#KnowledgeMatters