colleen congel retweeted
Exactly. In a way, it's better to hear it said aloud. No more pretending. These methods and materials were never meant to serve all kids.
Now that is named? Is up to the public to demand better.
colleen congel retweeted
About one in three American fourth-graders cannot read at a basic level of comprehension.
@AthenaCNN has been digging into the crisis:
colleen congel retweeted
To districts with Socio-emotional programs, but also do Balanced Literacy with 3 cueing, leveled libraries, and all the rest...
You're the monster you've been trying to slay.
colleen congel retweeted
Teachers & admins do not need more & more & more “tools in their toolboxes” for teaching reading. They need a solid, evidence-based body of knowledge about how reading works from which to make assessment & instructional decisions, & a few sharp tools to enact those decisions.
colleen congel retweeted
"In the wake of George Floyd’s death, (NAACP) committee membership exploded. By 2021, it had committed to its most ambitious goal yet: overhauling the way Fairfax County Public Schools teaches students to read and supports struggling readers." washingtonpost.com/education…
colleen congel retweeted
We know you are familiar with the Simple View of Reading, but did you know there is also a Simple View of Writing (SVW)? Learn more and register for our final Knowledge Block of 2022 at
thereadingleague.org/online-…
👀 Watch for NEW Knowledge Blocks coming in 2023.
colleen congel retweeted
Mississippi is proving that poverty is not destiny when it comes to how well children read. MS is still the poorest state in the nation, but 4th-graders there now read as well or better than kids in CA, TX, MI and 18 other states.
nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opini…
colleen congel retweeted
For #Vocabulary this one is AWESOME and jam-packed with ideas and info! 💛
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Researchers at the University of Alberta showing what we already know about reading: systematic, explicit instruction is key. Intervention works. Proper Tier 1 instruction would reduce the need for so much intervention. trib.al/CTD5VJ1
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NEW THIS MORNING: Reading Recovery, one of the world’s most widely used reading intervention programs for young children, took a hit to its credibility today following the release of a new study at the American Educational Research Association conference. apmreports.org/story/2022/04…
colleen congel retweeted
Congrats @dahliabazzaz & @educationlab & @seattletimes for putting reading instruction on the FRONT PAGE of Sunday paper!! replica.seattletimes.com/inf… - Fed up with low reading scores, a district turns to brain science
colleen congel retweeted
The #ScienceOfReading is not something you can go out &purchase. It does not come in a neat little box in the mail. It cannot be learned overnight by reading 1 book.
It is a passionate journey that you embark on, sometimes alone or sometimes, if you’re lucky, with a friend.🧵
