Julie Burtscher Brown, EdD
@focusonliteracy
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Secondary Literacy | The Project for Adolescent Literacy | Teaching and reading about reading and teaching
Vermont, USA
Joined January 2020
Please read this vital interview on PreK-12 literacy improvement from superintendent Sherry Sousa and Mountain Views Supervisory Union in Woodstock, VT. Thank you to The Reading League Vermont for spotlighting the work of the incredible teachers and leaders at MVSU. 1/2
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Our K-2 teachers and students are loving the Geodes books paired with our Fundations curriculum! And @LindsayKemeny’s protocols for partner reading!
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The complete ⚗️DistillED series on Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction — 10 editions filled with practical insights, tools, and resources for evidence-informed teaching. Please share with colleagues and fellow educators in your network. Enjoy! 1. Daily Review
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"Part of the problem is the technology, but it’s also the desire among people in positions of authority & influence to embrace [it]." @C_Hendrick AI makes good product radically easier to produce. That's bad if you are trying to educate young people. https://t.co/WyAonqRh08
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Of all the recent signs that Western civilization is circling the drain, the most depressing is the apparent decline in IQs. The so-called Flynn Effect once showed IQs rising steadily.
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"We are turning them into passive consumers of synthetic intelligence, doomed to float on a sea of algorithmic slop they have neither the will nor the wit to navigate." @C_Hendrick
https://t.co/WyAonqRh08
thecritic.co.uk
Of all the recent signs that Western civilization is circling the drain, the most depressing is the apparent decline in IQs. The so-called Flynn Effect once showed IQs rising steadily.
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Everyone should subscribe to @C_Hendrick's substack. Even if you read nothing other than than his monthly roundup of journal articles, you will learn so much.
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When Older Students Can't Read: How This Middle School Is Tackling Literacy https://t.co/stg8no5U7d
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A low tech, high text environment is ideal for reading…
There's so much good in this clip of Jessica Sliman reading Number the Stars aloud with her 4th graders in Whitefish, MT. Students agree. At the end they plead to keep reading! https://t.co/jkbJ2O2wDM
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In a nutshell
🔥 If someone tells you explicit instruction is “boring,” “mindless lecturing,” or “not engaging,” please share this clip with them. In just 60 seconds, Anita Archer explains what explicit instruction actually is. It's interactive, intentional, effective, and promotes student
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📣 Hello Grades 6-12 Content-Area Teachers! You have an opportunity to contribute to research for older striving readers! Please consider responding to this survey of Katie Keown’s @kckeown and sharing with your network! https://t.co/CDGLKy4w8H
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📣 Hello Grades 6-12 Content-Area Teachers! You have an opportunity to contribute to research for older striving readers! Please consider responding to this survey of Katie Keown’s @kckeown and sharing with your network! https://t.co/CDGLKy4w8H
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🔁 Increasing opportunities to respond is one the most transformative tools in teaching. More student responses = ✅ higher engagement ✅ more time on task ✅ more learning We discuss why it's important in the clip. Lots of strategies discussed in the full episode. Link below.
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{new} Which schools do a good job teaching kids to read? In a new project @The74, we set out to find schools where third-grade reading scores are much higher than might be expected, based on the schools’ poverty rates.
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My intuition was wrong: independent reading doesn’t make you a stronger reader. Being a stronger reader leads to more independent reading. 🤯 #education #reading #teachersoftiktok #literacy
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How do you get kids to independent practice? First is teach them properly. The details matter there. But, after, Denarius has kids think, tell their partner, jot down conclusions, and then cold calls with intentionality - all before proceeding to IP. https://t.co/tQBECBuyJs
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I’m hearing the beginnings of folks (and states!?) abandoning MTSS as a driver for school improvement. HYPOTHESIS: It’s not been as effective as it could be because we don’t see it as a means to improve Tier 1 first and foremost. We hear MTSS and think “separate interventions.”
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Thank you @HILLforLiteracy @readingleaguect and @sstollar6 for an outstanding discussion on secondary literacy!
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What is explicit instruction? Anita Archer, one of the world's leading experts on explicit instruction, explains it here. Check out the full episode: https://t.co/tdxR3lSzJX
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A critical but mostly ignored set of facts: 1) When students aren’t fluent they are very unlikely to comprehend. 2) The number of dysfluent students is unknown but probably massive. https://t.co/qvx3oCBASC
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Science of Reading: The Podcast · Episode
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