Join us live at the launch of the #RightToRead report on the #OHRC’s public inquiry into human rights issues affecting students with reading disabilities. It is time for change! bit.ly/right-to-read-…
Coming up: CC Patricia DeGuire’s remarks.
The #RightToRead inquiry report calls for critical changes to Ontario’s approaches to early reading.
With a systematic evidence-based approach, we can prevent reading failure in almost every child: bit.ly/3HGK8LT
Up next: Reema Khawja, Senior Legal Counsel
With science-based curriculum and classroom instruction, most students can learn to read, and few will need more intensive instruction or intervention.
No student should go to school for 14 years and not learn to read. We cannot continue to accept this outcome when it can be prevented. #RightToRead
The findings and recommendations in this report are a matter of overall equity in education: bit.ly/3hqdJOJ
The OHRC has invited four members of our communities to share their thoughts on this important subject matter:
🔶 Dr. Sharon Burey
🔶 Lark Barker,
🔶 Anthony Edwards,
🔶 Alicia Smith
Thank you for tuning in. The #RightToRead executive summary, full report and a new video are available on our website at ohrc.on.ca.
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KEY RECOMMENDATIONS | The #RightToRead report includes recommendations to the Ministry of Education, school boards and faculties of education on how to better meet the right to read, including -
Read Executive summary: bit.ly/3hqdJOJ
Adopting a new Kindergarten Program and Grades 1 to 8 Language curriculum that features direct and systematic instruction in foundational reading skills, and preparing current and future teachers on evidence-based approaches to teaching students to read. #RightToRead
Screening every student, at least twice a year from Kindergarten to Grade 2, to identify students at risk for reading difficulties, using standardized, evidence-based screening tools. #RightToRead
KEY FINDINGS | The Grades 1–8 Language curriculum, Kindergarten Program, and Ministry of Education instructional guides promote approaches for teaching word reading that are not supported by scientific evidence. #RightToRead#OHRC
As a result, students with reading disabilities and other students are failing to learn to read. #RighToRead
Ontario’s approach to screening students for reading difficulties is inconsistent, ad hoc and relies mostly on non-evidence-based reading assessments. #RightToRead