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Thanks to @WBEN for highlighting the reading crisis in our region and the need to discuss ways in which reading instruction should be improved in WNY schools. This is an important conversation.
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@SusanWBEN @NiagaraErie @ECASBnews @NYSUTWNY
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@SusanWBEN @NiagaraErie @ECASBnews @NYSUTWNY
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We agree with school leaders on two points.
First, we agree that the NYSED data is not “an accurate reflection of a student’s growth.”
But that isn’t the point of our report.
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First, we agree that the NYSED data is not “an accurate reflection of a student’s growth.”
But that isn’t the point of our report.
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wnyeducationalliance.org/content/docume…
According to NYSED, the ELA assessments “provide students, families, and educators credible measures of students' English Language Arts skills and knowledge."
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@NYSEDNews
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@NYSEDNews
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Signs of momentum for high-quality curriculum, which is tailor-built to align with reading research…
1. In Reading, MA
Notice learning journey detailed in this thread by @WiseForReading1.
Leaders in a district need to come up learning curve on how kids learn to read.
1. In Reading, MA
Notice learning journey detailed in this thread by @WiseForReading1.
Leaders in a district need to come up learning curve on how kids learn to read.
2. In Gwinnett County, outside Atlanta, GA:
Note the role of district leadership in leading this change. Also, the significant investment in teacher professional learning alongside the materials.
HT @SuptCalvinWatts @TNakiaT.
Note the role of district leadership in leading this change. Also, the significant investment in teacher professional learning alongside the materials.
HT @SuptCalvinWatts @TNakiaT.
Reminder that the majority of districts contribute to use curriculum that does not align with research on how kids learn to read.
In MA, the market share of the bottom two curricula in the country (and knockoffs) is somewhere between 40% and 65%.
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In MA, the market share of the bottom two curricula in the country (and knockoffs) is somewhere between 40% and 65%.
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Biggest issue with Science of Reading movement:
Many leaders are white women who predominantly talk about issues that affect dyslexic children. White/provileged kids are more likely to be ID’d as dyslexic.
There is much less attention to issues affecting less privileged kids.
Many leaders are white women who predominantly talk about issues that affect dyslexic children. White/provileged kids are more likely to be ID’d as dyslexic.
There is much less attention to issues affecting less privileged kids.
To understand that issue, about the weak screening of Black children for reading issues, the first few pieces in this thread are excellent.
I would once again like to remind everyone that the movement to bring knowledge-building curriculum to all schools is an equity movement.
I explained it in this blog.
We need the SOR movement to talk more about this.
eduvaites.org/2018/11/14/ess…
I explained it in this blog.
We need the SOR movement to talk more about this.
eduvaites.org/2018/11/14/ess…
Spent the day in @MilanElementary yesterday, and yet again found myself marveling at the quality of the student work in districts that use high-quality curriculum.
Second graders, y’all. 👏
#CurriculumMatters #Reading360 @MSSD_Director @1rTammy @hopperj1982
Second graders, y’all. 👏
#CurriculumMatters #Reading360 @MSSD_Director @1rTammy @hopperj1982
“I am proud. I belong here.”
Students are writing first-person narratives from the point of view of Ruby Bridges or Sylvia Mendez, after reading about their experiences as school desegregation pioneers.
#TNReadingForAll
Students are writing first-person narratives from the point of view of Ruby Bridges or Sylvia Mendez, after reading about their experiences as school desegregation pioneers.
#TNReadingForAll
This approach, in which writing flows from the reading/study students have been doing in English Language Arts, is a hallmark of high-quality curriculum.
Here’s more about this unit of the curriculum (@WitWisdomELA), in a @BaltCitySchools parent guide.
baltimorecityschools.org/sites/default/…
Here’s more about this unit of the curriculum (@WitWisdomELA), in a @BaltCitySchools parent guide.
baltimorecityschools.org/sites/default/…
Dear @LDH_ed, yesterday I offered to introduce you to the high-quality curricula.
Now I think I need to welcome you to the Science of Reading conversation, too.
Do you not realize that @FountasPinnell & other programs you recommend are weak on phonics/PA?
cc: @TonyThurmond
Now I think I need to welcome you to the Science of Reading conversation, too.
Do you not realize that @FountasPinnell & other programs you recommend are weak on phonics/PA?
cc: @TonyThurmond
The alternative to Balanced Literacy is not curriculum in which children are “copying off the board.”
In fact, high-quality curriculum puts a premium on pair shares and even Socratic Seminars about rich texts!
I think you need to know about these curriculum options…
In fact, high-quality curriculum puts a premium on pair shares and even Socratic Seminars about rich texts!
I think you need to know about these curriculum options…
Most are new in the last 5 years.
I think you might be surprised by how effectively they deliver on virtues you name, @LDH_ed … while also aligning with evidence on foundational skills instruction.
A thread on one in @BaltCitySchools below. Search #CurriculumMatters for more.
I think you might be surprised by how effectively they deliver on virtues you name, @LDH_ed … while also aligning with evidence on foundational skills instruction.
A thread on one in @BaltCitySchools below. Search #CurriculumMatters for more.
