Paul Thomas
@plthomasEdD
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P. L. Thomas, Professor, Furman University. Teacher/Writer/Poet. Twitter is not my classroom. Tweets represent me only and no organization
Spartanburg, SC
Joined February 2011
There is no reading crisis in the U.S. Here’s what’s really happening.
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Politicians and journalists are misinterpreting the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
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RT @RLStollar: Homeschooling parents (and their leaders and lobbying organizations) love making grandiose claims about the impact of homesc….
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Here are 10 common myths promoted by homeschooling parents—as well as the realities.
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RT @queenie4rmnola: A lot of White people are afraid of becoming a minority group in America, and Black people know why.
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RT @shannonrwatts: Iceland is the world’s biggest consumer of SSRIs. They’ve had fewer than 10 gun homicides since 2020; in the US, there h….
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RT @heymrsbond: I don’t care about Taylor cosplaying as an English teacher. It’s the best job in the world!. What I do care about is the si….
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RT @queenie4rmnola: Twenty years after Katrina, and White families in New Orleans hold approximately 13 times the wealth of Black families,….
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RT @BarbaraBleiman: Debra Myhill as always is superb here on writing and the teaching of writing! Her critique of the @educationgovuk Writi….
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RT @StaceyVaughn: When it’s a trans person you say it’s all trans people. When it’s a white male you say it’s a lone wolf. You say it’s….
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RT @heymrsbond: I wonder if Snoop Dogg is as worried about explaining his discography to his grandchildren as he is about LGBTQ folks.
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RT @JoJoFromJerz: Guns are a uniquely American problem. The rest of the world has mental health issues. The rest of the world has ideologic….
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RT @fred_guttenberg: Please join me in a commitment to fire those like @RepOgles who offer prayers while pushing a culture of gun violence….
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RT @ColoradoReading: 🎤 Exciting Opportunity for Schools & Districts!. One of our CCIRA 2026 keynote speakers, Dr. Katie Kelly, will be in C….
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Did You Write This?: Or Why You Can't Spell "Plagiarism" without "AI" via @plthomasEdD.
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[Header Photo by Lauren Mancke on Unsplash] “Did you write this?” I once asked a sophomore in my advanced English class. The student was one of three siblings I would teach, and their m…
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What Marvel's Black Widow Helps Us Understand about Women in Pop Culture via @plthomasEdD.
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[Header (The Champions v.1, 3, George Tuska pencils, Vince Colletta, inks) and all images used under Fair Use unless otherwise identified] Scarlett Johansson and Charlize Theron are two of the most…
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Washington Post: There is no literacy crisis in the U.S. Here’s what’s really happening via @plthomasEdD.
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[Header Photo by Iana Dmytrenko on Unsplash] Thomas, P.L. (2025, July 28). There is no literacy crisis in the U.S. Here’s what’s really happening. The Washington Post. The evidence/links in the art…
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Why I Reject Crisis Rhetoric about Reading and Education: My Agenda via @plthomasEdD.
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[Header Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash] When I had my OpEd on the manufactured reading crisis and NAEP misinformation published in The Washington Post, I anticipated that SOR advocates would conti…
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The Reading Proficiency Bait-and-Switch: Manufacturing Crisis for Profit via @plthomasEdD.
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[Header Photo by Ines Kopu on Unsplash] First, the bait. As I have detailed, the mainstream media, education reformers and pundits, and politicians repeat a misleading claim that US students are no…
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Persistent Straw Man Claims about Literacy Skills: Grammar Edition via @plthomasEdD.
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[Header Photo by Anthony on Unsplash] Since the “science of reading” (SOR) has now expanded into a “science of learning” (SOL) movement, the same problems among SOR advocate…
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RT @MsBlaireWhite: Burn an American flag? 1 year in jail. Buy a child prostitute from Jeffrey Epstein? No worries.
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RT @RBReich: Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,22….
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