Rachel Hurd

Board of Education member, Wife, Mother of 3, education advocate, Decoding Dyslexia CA Assistant Director, reading tutor, PTA member. Tweets reflect my opinion

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

Very excited about this! Grateful for the support from organizations, colleagues, friends & family. Universal screening for risk of reading difficulties, including dyslexia, is the 1st step in providing system-wide #earlyintervention to #PreventReadingFailure! @TrusteeHurd

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

IT'S OFFICIAL! K-2 #UniversalScreening will be required in CA schools! #PreventReadingFailure #EarlyIntervention #LiteracyforAllinCA #UntilAllCanRead #Dyslexia TY @GavinNewsom @Portantino @edvoice @CaliforniaPTA @careads @FulcrumLiteracy MORE HERE: https://t.co/XFtWcYJcED

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

@KJWinEducation @Amplify @DDCalifornia @dyslexiasomd @FreeBlckThought @Parents4RJ @LauraCassidy17 @DyslexiaBlack @WinifredWinston @soallcanread @LEDERICK @SoftballBsu Loved watching/reading Margo’s message. I’d love to hear about the instruction and supports that are helping Margo. Thanks in advance!

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

As part of the budget trailer bill package, annual K-2 screening for reading difficulties, including risk of dyslexia, could be on its way to Governor Newsom for signature as soon as today. Read more:
https://t.co/LBwW2F9wZp
#UniversalScreening #RightToRead #Literacy4AllinCA

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

Extending these thanks to you too - @cherisekhaund @careads @LauraBabitt @lettenna @JesusHolguin @mdewerd @swordway @TrusteeBratt @Celeste4Schools @DebbiePetish @ChristineHuaja1 @nadiner1218 @SarahAcostaLan1
@annabelhurlburt @JuergensVGE @malloy_john @TrusteeHurd @melanielucas

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

THANK YOU to all the teacher leaders, board members, advocates, and parents out there focused on implementation of evidence-based literacy instruction in your districts. We know what hard work it is! #ScienceofReading #PreventReadingFailure

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

The CA Chapter of the Reading League will be launching by the end of June!

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

SB 691 K-2 Universal Screening for Risk of Dyslexia unanimously passed Senate Ed. Committee!
See our recap, with video links:
https://t.co/ehBSh9dcIO

@Portantino @JoshNewmanCA @rosilicie @ScottWilkCA @Steve_Glazer @DaveCortese @ilike_mike @LolaForSenate #YESonSB691

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

Congratulations @DDCalifornia and thank you, @ldepole and @mgpotente for your continued leadership and dedication to our grassroots movement! I am grateful ever day for evolving leadership team and the opportunity to be a part of it.

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

Decoding Dyslexia Co-State Directors @ldepole and @mgpotente were overwhelmed by the generosity of Gary Payton II and the @warriors for the acknowledgement of their contributions as impactful women at the Signature Moment Series on March 27th @ChaseCenter @warriorsshop.

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

It was wonderful to be part of this today! Inspiring to see the breadth of our coalition! Also appreciated the committee members questions and comments. Next stop Senate Appropriations Committee!

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

#SB691 - Universal Screening for Risk of Dyslexia PASSED unanimously in the Senate Ed Committee today! Thank you to the families, teachers, school board members, city and county representatives, and advocacy orgs who showed BIG support for this important bill at the hearing today

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

@teachforever54 @AlyssaMcWillia5 @DDCalifornia Exactly. Universal screening for risk helps you see what you’re working with. Is it a few kids or many? Provides a general sense of the needs, for students, staff, and the system. There’s much to do afterwards, but it’s the start and provides the “why” for change and learning.

[Jamie Allardice @allardice_jamie]

An example of what can happen when explicit, systematic instruction is paired with data-focused differentiation. The data shows a 3rd grader who started 2nd grade in 21-22 reading 2 WPM on DIBELS. Throughout the course of the year his accuracy improved, and his WPM increased.

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

@KQEDForum is covering #UniversalScreening for risk of dyslexia! Call in/Tweet to comment on the importance of this 1st step in ensuring that all kids learn to read. Share your story of how it would have helped your child. CA is 1 of only 10 states that doesn't yet require it.

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

📢 TELL YOUR STORY! Call in/tweet @KQEDForum to comment on universal screening for risk of dyslexia! Requiring screening is the 1st step in helping all access their right to read. Evidence & state guidance support it. The tools are readily available. It needs to be required!

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

@mrsnicolemain @ehanford Great to see that you are following #soldastory. I’d love to talk about it with you sometime.

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

Love this teacher’s thread! @DebraPetish @krisbkoeller @kyleredford @TrusteeHurd @careads

[EvidentlyReading @EvidentlyR]

🧵So, I thought I'd share how I came to be an advocate for explicit, systematic phonics instruction as part of comprehensive, evidence-based literacy instruction.

See, at first: I was not a fan. (1/x)

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

I so enjoyed volunteering at lunchtime today at Bollinger Canyon Elementary ! It's so wonderful to watch children play! as well as to be reminded of the magic of some ice and band aid! @BCEBulldogs

[Bollinger Canyon Elementary @BCEBulldogs]

Thank you to school board member, ⁦@RMSHurd⁩, for volunteering at lunch today! We’re still looking to fill two open positions! ⁦@KLoecher⁩ ⁦@SRVUSD1⁩

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

October is #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth month. Here is a well-done new video produced by the CA Dyslexia Initiative. Wouldn’t it be great if literacy leaders in every school district would watch!

[Decoding Dyslexia CA @DDCalifornia]

October is #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth
https://t.co/WAxm488NU1

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

Another mainstream article addressing evidenced-based reading instruction, #structuredliteracy #SOR, Is Your Child Getting Good Reading Instruction? https://t.co/ytvts7YvGz

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

With the amazing Margaret Goldberg @right2readproj as a reading coach, they are creating a model for shifting school-wide practice to #SOR to improve elementary reading. Can’t wait to hear more about what they are doing and results so far.

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

Can’t wait for this special workshop on Thursday 9/22! Nystrom Elementary in W. Contra Costa USD is one of the 75 schools to receive an ELSB grant as an outcome of the Ella T settlement and is embracing #SOR and #StructuredLiteracy. @DDCalifornia @DebraPetish

[Collab Classroom @CollabClassroom]

California #literacy educators, don't miss this special workshop from @careads & LACOE: Join coach Margaret Goldberg and Principal Jamie Allardice of Richmond, CA's Nystrom Elementary to hear how they moved their school to a structured literacy approach. https://t.co/E93eolooR0

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

This is an interesting thread! @DebraPetish @malloy_john an interesting addition to our work in Deep Learning & Innovation

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

I've been thinking hard about the science of learning for the last 15 years.

Here are 5 big ideas that every teacher should know, and how they hang together.

↓

[Rachel Hurd @RMSHurd]

A comprehensive article on the Science of Reading movement from Time.
@DDCalifornia @DebraPetish @malloy_john

[TIME @TIME]

Inside the massive effort to change the way kids are taught to read https://t.co/MrgPdubjfG