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.
https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1343189070537744385
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…
I would once again like to remind everyone that leveled reading groups are tracking in elementary school.
Which means they are classist & racist.
My friends in the SOR movement, you know we get the least talk about this part of the problem:
eduvaites.org/2019/11/02/lev…
Which means they are classist & racist.
My friends in the SOR movement, you know we get the least talk about this part of the problem:
eduvaites.org/2019/11/02/lev…
It doesn’t help that @EdWriters overfocus on the phonics conversation, and often completely neglect the other issues above.
I appreciated @mgpotente’s naming of that issue yesterday.
I appreciated @mgpotente’s naming of that issue yesterday.
https://twitter.com/mgpotente/status/1521497849019645954
Y’all know I want daily, systematic phonics in early grades.
But we need more voices talking about the other issues.
The over-focus on phonics in the discourse has a lot of issues, as I explained in yesterday’s thread.
👉 First & foremost, it’s giving us “phonics patching”.
But we need more voices talking about the other issues.
The over-focus on phonics in the discourse has a lot of issues, as I explained in yesterday’s thread.
👉 First & foremost, it’s giving us “phonics patching”.
https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1521447668958076928
I’m on record:
The SOR movement will fail if it only addresses one part of the problem with reading instruction in America.
I am grateful to the #CurriculumMatters movement for its relative balance.
The SOR movement will fail if it only addresses one part of the problem with reading instruction in America.
I am grateful to the #CurriculumMatters movement for its relative balance.
Are you a part of the problem?
Check yourself.
You can search your own profile and see how often you post about phonics vs comprehension or leveled reading groups.
I think we all know which orgs and leaders would fail the test of talking about all of the key reading issues.
Check yourself.
You can search your own profile and see how often you post about phonics vs comprehension or leveled reading groups.
I think we all know which orgs and leaders would fail the test of talking about all of the key reading issues.
The good news: there is an easy solution! Here are 3 articles you can tweet if you are guilty of talking predominantly about phonics, to exclusion of other issues.
We can all right the imbalance in the discourse.
And given the media issue, we need to.
TY for your help.🙏
We can all right the imbalance in the discourse.
And given the media issue, we need to.
TY for your help.🙏
https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1516111470228029452
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