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Massachusetts has updated its curriculum maps, making it easier to find out which curriculum is used in local schools.
HT @MASchoolsK12 @ms_tarca & team!
Recall that MA is one of only 3 states with such an open database.
profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/Cu…
HT @MASchoolsK12 @ms_tarca & team!
Recall that MA is one of only 3 states with such an open database.
profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/Cu…
The other two are Wisconsin: wimaterialsmatter.org
And Rhode Island: ride.ri.gov/InstructionAss…
Why aren’t there 47 others, you ask?
Very good question.
@CCSSO @SecCardona
And Rhode Island: ride.ri.gov/InstructionAss…
Why aren’t there 47 others, you ask?
Very good question.
@CCSSO @SecCardona
Here’s a thread unpacking the curriculum landscape in MA, including the likelihood that use of #TCRWP and @FountasPinnell products / approaches is likely understated by the tool.
As you’ll see, it marked the week that I learned about the WI and RI curriculum maps.
As you’ll see, it marked the week that I learned about the WI and RI curriculum maps.
#TCRWP Some very thoughtful responses to the NYT article!
nytimes.com/2022/06/04/opi…
Read this thread.
nytimes.com/2022/06/04/opi…
Read this thread.
Calkins & her staff have advocated teaching phonics for many years, and I don’t know of a school working with Professor Calkins that doesn’t incorporate phonics instruction into its literacy program. Elizabeth Phillips
But research suggests that phonics alone is not the answer, and a program that balances that with instruction in comprehension strategies, vocabulary development and developing a love of reading is essential. Elizabeth Phillips
“I learned from parents on Twitter.”
An educator talking about where she learned essential research on how kids learn to read.
We don’t talk enough about the role of parent advocacy in the Science of Reading movement.
An educator talking about where she learned essential research on how kids learn to read.
We don’t talk enough about the role of parent advocacy in the Science of Reading movement.
Another interesting parent reflection.
How much did the pandemic accelerate the movement because parents could see the issues with the way their kids were being taught to read?
How much did the pandemic accelerate the movement because parents could see the issues with the way their kids were being taught to read?
“#TCRWP has lately learned from research which has been spotlighted by parents of children with dyslexia.”
– Lucy Calkins
👉 Lucy. Calkins.
Seriously, we don’t talk enough about the positive impact of parent voices.
– Lucy Calkins
👉 Lucy. Calkins.
Seriously, we don’t talk enough about the positive impact of parent voices.
“Her first iterations may not have included what the current brain research says is important…”
The research is decades old, but OK.
A window into the perspectives of teachers defending Lucy Calkins:
The research is decades old, but OK.
A window into the perspectives of teachers defending Lucy Calkins:
“Us teachers used to joke that it was a @TeachersCollege cult.”
When you talk with teachers who have made the shift away from #TCRWP, the word cult is used a lot.
When you talk with teachers who have made the shift away from #TCRWP, the word cult is used a lot.
“Seduced by”
The most popular reading curriculum in America was developed by a charismatic woman with “little controlled research of her methods.”
She is only now embracing reading research that is >20 years old.
It’s an important story, well told by @DanaGoldstein:
nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/…
She is only now embracing reading research that is >20 years old.
It’s an important story, well told by @DanaGoldstein:
nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/…
This part has been 🤯 to the literacy community:
The breeziness with which Calkins forgives herself for ignoring a “half century of research” that she only accepted in recent years (after a few withering reviews of her product, which is being ditched by NYC and more).
The breeziness with which Calkins forgives herself for ignoring a “half century of research” that she only accepted in recent years (after a few withering reviews of her product, which is being ditched by NYC and more).
My favorite thing about the article:
It centers the important question, “How did this happen that a curriculum whose author ignored reading research became the most popular in US schools?”
It’s a question I get *constantly*.
A fair succinct summary from @DanaGoldstein:
It centers the important question, “How did this happen that a curriculum whose author ignored reading research became the most popular in US schools?”
It’s a question I get *constantly*.
A fair succinct summary from @DanaGoldstein:
“It was just a happy accident — in the last 2 weeks, the 2 most popular curricula in the US received the 2 lowest ratings for quality.”
… just as we arrived in @SalemSchoolsk12, where they’d dropped one.
Appreciated chance to share with @DustinLucaSN.
salemnews.com/news/salem-cur…
… just as we arrived in @SalemSchoolsk12, where they’d dropped one.
Appreciated chance to share with @DustinLucaSN.
salemnews.com/news/salem-cur…
.@katecarbone2 on the teacher feedback that drove the change…
And the “curriculum renaissance” that has yielded better choices for districts:
And the “curriculum renaissance” that has yielded better choices for districts:
If you don’t know how and why background knowledge matters to reading comprehension, it’s Must-Know Info.
Learn more here:
eduvaites.org/2018/11/14/ess…
Learn more here:
eduvaites.org/2018/11/14/ess…
When our #KnowledgeMatters Tour visited @SalemSchoolsk12, we heard about the district’s shift from Teachers College Reading Workshop to stronger curriculum.
Teachers @staceyvail523, Erica Cabral, and Samantha Lear shared their experiences.
#CurriculumMattersMA #tcrwp
Teachers @staceyvail523, Erica Cabral, and Samantha Lear shared their experiences.
#CurriculumMattersMA #tcrwp
“We were pulling from 125 different places.
There was so much cross checking between making sure that we were covering things that Lucy might not spell out so easily,” like teaching nouns and verbs.
@staceyvail523, a seventeen year veteran teacher in grades K and 2
There was so much cross checking between making sure that we were covering things that Lucy might not spell out so easily,” like teaching nouns and verbs.
@staceyvail523, a seventeen year veteran teacher in grades K and 2
“It meant a lot of Teachers Pay Teachers, which is not the best stuff.”
The time and $ cost driven by the need to supplement Reading Workshop was a theme across our conversations in @SalemSchoolsk12.
#CurriculumMattersMA #TCRWP
The time and $ cost driven by the need to supplement Reading Workshop was a theme across our conversations in @SalemSchoolsk12.
#CurriculumMattersMA #TCRWP
I spent my week in Massachusetts, which is Balanced Literacy Territory, meeting amazing educators shifting away from BL.
LOTS to say about that…
But let’s start with a look at the market share of the lowest-rated curricula for elementary ELA.
#CurriculumMattersMA
LOTS to say about that…
But let’s start with a look at the market share of the lowest-rated curricula for elementary ELA.
#CurriculumMattersMA
First, a fun fact:
Massachusetts is the only state to publish info on the curriculum used in each district. Find it here: google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie…
HT @MASchoolsK12. 👏
It’s such valuable info that you’d think every state would do this! The other 49 do not.
Massachusetts is the only state to publish info on the curriculum used in each district. Find it here: google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie…
HT @MASchoolsK12. 👏
It’s such valuable info that you’d think every state would do this! The other 49 do not.
I spent time with the map, which shows the curricula used in 177 of 404 districts in MA. So, it’s a partial sample.
I found 55 districts that use Reading Workshop / Units of Study, including “top” districts like Brookline.
Summary:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
#CurriculumMattersMA
I found 55 districts that use Reading Workshop / Units of Study, including “top” districts like Brookline.
Summary:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
#CurriculumMattersMA
