Dr. Holly Shapiro

I founded Ravinia Reading Center, only reading clinic on Earth owned and staffed entirely by speech-language pathologists. Pro-science. Uncompromising.

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

The #scienceofreading isn’t all that and a bag of chips.

[Jeffrey Bowers @jeffrey_bowers]

@markseidenberg The "science of reading" has not provided good evidence that systematic phonics is especially effective. No evidence that required SSP has improved reading outcomes in England over past decade. Here is summary of evidence over past 20 years : PsyArXiv.https://t.co/dAOPSlhMBw

[Kévin Abroad | YouTube l Now on bluesky too! @KevinAbroadYT]

Is it me or linguistics is one of the only scientific fields where non-experts think they know more than actual experts? It doesn't seem as prevalent in fields like, say, physics or medicine

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

I’ve always loved the way language is punctuated by places: jeans are ‘from Genoa’, denim is from Nîmes in France, suede from Sweden, mayonnaise from Minorca’s Port Mahon, damask from Damascus, sardines and sardonic from Sardinia, and spruce (both the tree and a neat appearance) from Prussia.

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@katiedimartin For me, Korkease.

[Masoud @linguistMasoud]

kinda absurd that students go through years of language/literature education in K-12 schools with almost 0 years of linguistics. It’s like teaching about living things but not have biology as a topic. If “language” is important for K-12, so is linguistics as its science

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@EvilJoeMcVeigh I’ll die on that hill with you.

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@SaraSelaJewelry Oh man, I think I missed it. I was looking for you last year!

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@JAustinEDU Thank you!

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@plthomasEdD 100% agree!

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@KevinAbroad1 Preach!

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@readteach77 @TimRasinski1 @CRCarter313 @42Rodgers @DoctorSam7 @plthomasEdD @GovMikeDeWine @ASCD @ILAToday @reading_league ok whatever

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@readteach77 @TimRasinski1 @CRCarter313 @42Rodgers @DoctorSam7 @plthomasEdD @GovMikeDeWine @ASCD @ILAToday @reading_league Science doesn’t allow for exceptions so that’s not scientific.

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@CRCarter313 English is not a code. You can’t decode some thing that’s not a code.

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@TimRasinski1 @CRCarter313 @42Rodgers @DoctorSam7 @plthomasEdD @GovMikeDeWine @ASCD @ILAToday @reading_league I’m dead (on my hill).

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@TimRasinski1 @CRCarter313 @42Rodgers @DoctorSam7 @plthomasEdD @GovMikeDeWine @ASCD @ILAToday @reading_league Phonics teaches rules that have exceptions. That’s not science.

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@jamie_lipp I disagree that kids need phonics. It’s a method of teaching that misrepresents how the English writing system works. Kids do not need to learn teaching methods!

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@plthomasEdD To add to that, we shouldn’t even be using the word decoding. The English writing system is not a code. I will die on that hill.

[@serenitycarr.bsky.social @BookishLex]

the -ty in twenty, thirty, forty, etc. is from Old English -tig "group of ten"

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@claire_rafson She sent it to me too! I feel so special. Happy Passover to my favorite Survivor contestant ever!

[Dr. Holly Shapiro @RaviniaReading]

@plthomasEdD We should teach kids to read in a way that reflects how the writing system really works. Period.

[Elisa Waingort @ElisaW5]

When did ed reporters, not Ts, become experts on teaching K-12 kids 2 read & write? How is it possible, that Ts are suddenly fawning on them? One thing is 2 offer advice as a writer & another is 2 tell Ts how 2 teach. (1/2)