🧵@steitzerpolitic asked me what I recommend for a mom of kids who are just starting to read. Here is what I would do if I could go back in time 20 years and ensure that my own children (all three of whom were struggling readers) learned to read.

1/7 The first thing I would do would be to find out what reading the curriculum their school uses. If it is one of the balanced literacy programs, you will have to do much more work at home on explicitly and systematically teaching your child how to decode.

2/7

🧵 This week, Reading Recovery was on the agenda for the BR Education Committee meeting. I had a couple of questions.

@ehanford @mandy_mclaren @StanDehaene
@DrMPaff
@kyhousedems #teacherlegislator

1/14

At the table were representatives of the CCLD, an agency that has a general fund appropriation of $1.3m a year.

2/14

🧵A study has found that students who participated in Reading Recovery (RR) scored lower on third grade state reading tests than students of similar ability who don't do RR. @ehanford & @CLPeak
#teacherlegislator #iteachreading

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npr.org/2022/05/05/109… Here's an overview of the long-term effects of Reading Recovery and links to the working papers and presentation.

2/25

cresp.udel.edu/research-proje…

🧵The Dept of Ed has proposed rules governing the federal Charter Schools Program grants.

Charter lobbyists & right-wing talking heads are declaring that they are trying to "regulate choices of parents."
@kyhousedems #kyga22 #teacherlegislator
#IsupportCSPreform

1/9 What the regulations actually do is ensure that new charter schools receiving the grants are:

➡️ Racially and socio-economically diverse
➡️ Driven by the needs of the community
➡️ Fiscally responsible and transparent, especially regarding for-profit management organizations

2/9

🧵Charter schools control access, shape enrollment, and effectively pick their students. Rep. McCoy stated that, "This is a public school that must take all comers." That is not what actually happens.
@wagmamommandi @NEPCtweet
@kyhousedems #kyga22 #teacherlegislator

1/5 How charter school select students during the enrollment process.

2/5

🧵How much money have companies paid to lobbyists to advocate for charter schools in KY?
@kyhousedems #kyga22 #teacherlegislator

1/8 💲223,000.00
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2019
Charter school trade association.

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apps.klec.ky.gov/EmployerExpens…

🧵HB9, the charter school bill, passed out of Senate Ed Com today. Rep. McCoy made several statements that don't align with my reading of the bill or my personal conversations.
@kyhousedems #KYGA22
#teacherlegislator

1/14 1⃣ Rep. McCoy stated that, "You can't require local funds to move from one entity to another." However, HB9 does just that.

2/14

🧵 Debate on HB9, charter schools. I called for 5 amendments:

1⃣ Ban 100% sweeps run by for-profit management companies.
2⃣ Return SPED funding if student returns to district school.
via @YouTube

@kyhousedems #kyga22 @NPEaction @DianeRavitch

1/7 3⃣ Report data on student withdrawals and disciplinary action.
4⃣ Remove unconstitutional appropriation of local funding from charter funding mechanism.
5⃣ Ensure that charter accepts students from a waitlist over the course of a school year.

2/7

Yesterday a charter school bill was filed in KY. It is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bill.
@kyhousedems #kyga22 #teacherlegislator
@NPEaction @DianeRavitch

1/17
apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/hb… We are one of the few states that doesn't have charter schools. In 2017, we passed a bill to allow charters, but it did not include a funding mechanism. There was not much interest in charters without money. So today we don't have any. Zero.

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