Right to Read Project
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We are a group of teachers, researchers, and activists committed to the pursuit of equity through literacy.
Joined May 2019
New Blog: "Our desire to discuss our teaching and share our students’ growth creates sales opportunities. To the billion-dollar education industry, I’m not just a teacher – I’m a potential influencer who might convince other educators to buy in..." https://t.co/Au5o8MZHUm
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New Blog: "Following the reading research is more challenging than it sounds... and for classroom teachers, making sense of studies is extra challenging. So how do we make sense of a study to decide whether it’s worth our effort?" https://t.co/KXFekuou91
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Minding the Research to Practice Gap Following the reading research is more challenging than it sounds. There are thousands of studies and it’s hard to know where to start. For classroom teac…
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Cuts to education have just begun and we’ve already lost IES, home of the phenomenally useful Practice Guides?!!! https://t.co/sYqGwlLp2I
If you care about the science of reading, please take the time to learn about the cuts to NIH. NIH has funded much of the research on reading and it's heartbreaking to think of the work grinding to a halt... right at the time when public interest in its findings is so high.
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If you care about the science of reading, please take the time to learn about the cuts to NIH. NIH has funded much of the research on reading and it's heartbreaking to think of the work grinding to a halt... right at the time when public interest in its findings is so high.
These cuts will devastate the work I & so many others do for our most vulnerable children with disabilities. On a personal note, I was saved from aggressive breast cancer bc of the work #NIH funded. This will not make America great. This will devastate us ALL to the core.
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We're so happy that the world gets to meet a fifth grade teacher from Nystrom Elementary! She shines as she talks about her writing instruction and her ever-deepening understanding of SRSD. @goyenfoundation @SoRclassroom @allardice_jamie @tiffanyphogan
✍️ In our latest episode, 5th-grade teacher Elise Frank shares her student-friendly framework for giving feedback on writing. Want more ideas to make your writing feedback meaningful and effective? Swipe through and listen to Elise on the podcast 🎧 https://t.co/QymGNiG5Ro
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“The principal’s typical workday consists of a continuous stream of brief, fragmented, problem-oriented interactions, most of which are initiated by others…" https://t.co/eYL2NaSNl7
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As a classroom teacher, I felt anxious when visitors observed, so as a coach I attributed my nervousness about observations to sympathy pains. But now I know that principals, vice principals, and e…
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"I realized that the biggest barrier was in my own head. I actually felt shy about going into classrooms for an in-depth look. It was as if there was a force field around each room..." - Principal https://t.co/eYL2NaSNl7
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As a classroom teacher, I felt anxious when visitors observed, so as a coach I attributed my nervousness about observations to sympathy pains. But now I know that principals, vice principals, and e…
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Guess the amount of time the average school principal spends on matters related to instruction?
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"The principal's typical workday consists of a continuous stream of brief, fragmented, problem-oriented interactions, most of which are initiated by others…" https://t.co/eYL2NaSNl7
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As a classroom teacher, I felt anxious when visitors observed, so as a coach I attributed my nervousness about observations to sympathy pains. But now I know that principals, vice principals, and e…
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"I realized that the biggest barrier was in my own head. I actually felt shy about going into classrooms for an in-depth look. It was as if there was a force field around each room..." - Principal https://t.co/NkW9xDG4aJ
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As a classroom teacher, I felt anxious when visitors observed, so as a coach I attributed my nervousness about observations to sympathy pains. But now I know that principals, vice principals, and e…
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“Most curricula are designed to be successful in the adoption process, not the classroom.” - @KJWinEducation So what should we do when we're handed a program that doesn't work? New blog: https://t.co/YVEUuxylCY
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The Common Core Standards were marketed as a great equalizer—if we provided standards-aligned lessons, then all students would be prepared for college and career. But the more I learn about effecti…
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New blog re: some "rigorous 'all green on EdReports' curriculum" "...when we question the appropriateness of the lessons, we’re told to raise our expectations. When we say our lessons fell flat, we’re told that we should have added more scaffolding..." https://t.co/YVEUuxylCY
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The Common Core Standards were marketed as a great equalizer—if we provided standards-aligned lessons, then all students would be prepared for college and career. But the more I learn about effecti…
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Blog: Getting Reading Right Is Messy "If people think that my school (or any school) can raise student achievement despite the current dysfunction of our educational system, I worry they will be less inclined to fix the problems..." https://t.co/2bbOtyZ2mU
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“I wish my school were like that.” I clicked through a slidedeck about a literacy improvement plan and I felt a pang of envy. “I wish my work was so straightforward and my school’s progress so stea…
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Keep them coming! It feels good to shed the confusion or embarrassment and it's really helpful to talk about how much instruction matters... even to those who might otherwise have seemed like they were doing fine without a solid foundation.
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"I thought I was a testament to the effectiveness of Whole Language and now I realize I'm just a different kind of poster child for why it doesn't work."
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"It's so crazy that I thought reading was my STRENGTH but now I realize that I've got comprehension-related problems that are the result of the nonexistent decoding instruction I received."
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"Do you think this is why I have a hard time with recalling acronyms, too?" "I thought there was something wrong with my memory. I had no idea it was a reading-related issue until just now."
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"This sounds just like me! I cannot spell or pronounce unfamiliar names. In school, I had trouble with comprehension in less preferred subjects (eg science). I remember in 9th grade history asking the teacher to repeat every date because I couldn’t retain the words with numbers."
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"I felt as if you were describing me! So many similarities….I have not been able to articulate it in the way you did. Now that I feel I’ve been 'unleashed' I can not SLEEP knowing that some students are still being neglected in receiving the reading instruction they need."
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"Your story sounds so much like my own! During a college internship, I sent a letter to alumni that was riddled with spelling errors. I didn’t think I was anything other than dumb. Despite all the tech tools, it still takes me twice as long to write an email than my colleagues."
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