In Massachusetts’ richest towns, many top-ranked schools cling to outdated methods of teaching reading From @BostonGlobe @mandy_mclaren @NaomiMartin
It's behind a paywall. Here are some highlights: 🧵bostonglobe.com/2024/01/10/met… Parents plunk down $1 million for a modest home because they believe it comes with a spectacular education... but a disturbing proportion of children in these elite districts — 35 percent — failed to meet expectations on last spring’s reading test. 🧵bostonglobe.com/2024/01/10/met…

"As veteran educators, for years we have encountered students who struggled with decoding and reading comprehension, yet were continually pushed on to the next grade."

hechingerreport.org/teacher-voices… "That led to questions: How did they get this far not knowing how to read? What reading program did they use in elementary school? What interventions are helping them catch up? Are parents aware that their child has challenges? Is a disability at play?" hechingerreport.org/teacher-voices…

The @nybooks reviewed Sold a Story.
"Sold a Story got its hooks into me and did not let go. The thing that has most preoccupied me in the days since I listened to it is ...." nybooks.com/articles/2023/… "... the idea that a good way to know what a sentence says is to assume it echoes your preconceived ideas about the world." Thinking back to the book about the kids running away from the bad sandwich, the next word could have been...." nybooks.com/articles/2023/…

How did students who were in Reading Recovery end up doing in fourth grade compared to students who just missed the low test scores needed to qualify for the intervention? 1/4 Researchers tried to approximate a randomized control trial by using the test score cut-off. It’s represented by the middle dividing line. 2/4

I highly recommend this book. Might be especially useful for Reading Recovery teachers and others who have been taught cueing in F&P and Calkins/Units of Study. jrichardgentry.com/brainwords.html Thread. 1/13 P. 53: "The cues focused on-in order of priority-were meaning (including even guessing from picture cues) and sentence structure, leaving letter-sound associations and the percentage of words recognized correctly at the bottom of the priority list." 2/13 jrichardgentry.com/brainwords.html

Brave teachers are confronting hard truths. It's powerful when they write about it. Other educators who have written about this? Please reply and share links. Read this from @bmkruse3. Thread. 1/7 megankruse.edublogs.org/2021/01/10/pla… “…if we just surround children with books and reading they will learn to read.” Oh, my goodness. I hate to admit how much I subscribed to this very philosophy." 2/7 megankruse.edublogs.org/2021/01/10/pla…

Today @NEPCtweet released a statement on the ‘Science of Reading.’ The email said: “It’s time for the media and political distortions to end, and for the literacy community and policymakers to fully support the literacy needs of all children.” nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fy… 1/x Here are some thoughts and responses to the @NEPCtweet statement. Thread.
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Thread: There was a session today at #NCTE19, the annual conference of @ncte, called "Misreading the Science of Reading." I want to share some thoughts, and some reading material, to add to the conversation. #elachat #ilachat 1/x I've been an education reporter for a decade+. A few yrs ago, I knew nothing abt the "science of reading." But in the past 3 yrs, I've read thousands of pages of books, articles, research papers. 2/x #NCTE19

I know of no one who understands the science of reading who believes in a "reading = phonics perspective" or is urging teacher educators, administrators or teachers to abandon the idea that reading is a complex meaning-making process. #ILA2019 @DeborahMacPhee @SherrySanden Thread If the session at #ILA2019 is in response to reporting I've done, I'm curious to know where in my work you see this idea. I encourage people who attend this session to listen and read to review what I have reported. All of the stories are collected here: apmreports.org/reading