"Putting a band aid on a wound that requires stitches does nothing." #openFCPS #WinWithGlenn #openschools #teamreality
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Glad to know you think I hate teachers @MelanieForEdu because I believe in #science, want #openschools and I #fightfor five for all kids in @fcpsnews #openfcps
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Your child is not broken. The system failed to teach them.
We made a documentary because too many parents are told to “just wait it out” while their dyslexic child falls further behind — and too many schools don’t even realize they’re breaking federal law by doing it.
🎥 Watch “Our Dyslexic Children” — free, and made for you.
✅ Parents: See what evidence-based reading instruction looks like, and how to demand it.
✅ Teachers & districts: See the real cost of “wait to fail” — and know that under IDEA, failing to identify and teach dyslexic kids isn’t just bad practice. It’s a legal violation.
This isn’t a niche issue. 1 in 5 kids have dyslexia. Most will never be diagnosed. Fewer still will get taught to read the way the science says they need to be taught.
We’re done waiting for permission. Watch it. Share it. Send it to your child’s teacher, your school board, your principal.
👉 parentsforreadingjustice.org…
#ScienceOfReading #Dyslexia #ReadingJustice #SpecialEducation #IDEA
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Decades of research suggest that learning styles are a myth. Our updated Science of Learning report breaks down the #cogsci behind how students learn and dispels common myths that get in the way. deansforimpact.org/tools-and…
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Louisiana just added cursive to their language art standards
The Southern Surge states continues to lead the way in basic, commonsense education reform
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"She's not flashy or charismatic, but her stoic delivery cuts to the bone." (me, not the lovely @Debra_Tisler pictured below in the review).
I'll take it, @HollywoodInToto!
#15DAYS
hollywoodintoto.com/15-days-…
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Serious question for @EDSecMcMahon and the Trump administration:
States continue to fail IDEA-eligible students—delaying evaluations, denying services, violating IDEA rights.
Yet federal special education enforcement is (at best) lackadaisical, and (at worst) being slashed.
Why not demand compliance instead of weakening oversight?
🚨 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump – American children are counting on leadership here—what are you afraid—the Big, Bad 'Disability Rights' NGOs that are defrauding taxpayers of millions while obstructing access to evidence-based instruction, supports, &/or therapies (e.g., Speech & Language, Occupational Therapy).
@FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP @FirstLadyOffice @SusieWiles @VP @JDVance @SLOTUS @SecRubio @StephenM @KatieMiller @PressSec @karolineleavitt @AAGDhillon
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To every kid with a learning disability: don’t let anyone — not even the President of the United States — bully you.
Dyslexia isn’t a weakness.
It’s your strength.
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See, I remember when y’all quashed the story of kids with severe disabilities trapped in Kafkaesque virtual learning that violated their civil rights en masse (per an investigation by the Biden administration).
When you finally published the story six months too late, you blamed “America” rather than the teachers union that organized a sickout to force schools to go virtual or the cowardly school administrators who knew what the union was doing and lied to parents to cover it up.
But sure, keep patting yourselves on your back for your “bravery”.
The Metro staff has always been the @washingtonpost's first line of defense when news breaks in our backyard.
Jan. 6, 2021? We risked our safety as rioters chased and chanted "traitors get the rope."
That reporting helped win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. #SaveThePost
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There's just no reason that a 2nd grader should be typing on a computer instead of writing by hand.
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Don't give up on your dyslexic kid. I don't care what the school says. Don't for 1 second let go of the rope. And sometimes you just have to choose your kids over being liked by adults. This Thanksgiving I'm grateful to parents who understand their duty.
youtube.com/watch?v=2fyjxTr6…
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Textbooks still matter.
They give students a clear roadmap, free teachers from reinventing content, and, when well-designed, boost learning more than ad-hoc resources ever can.
It’s not about going “old school.”
It’s about giving every learner a solid spine to build knowledge on.
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Parents, please beware that over a quarter of American students spend over 5 hours a day on school-issued devices
They don’t walk into their classroom and read a book or complete math problems by hand
They stare at a Chromebook or iPad from bell to bell
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If you can’t read by the end of 3rd grade, then you shouldn’t go to 4th grade until you can (subject to only very few exceptions). If a kid doesn’t make the transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” by 4th grade, their chance of achieving success in life plummets. Mississippi adopted it & went from 49th out of 50 states to the top 10 in 4th grade literacy. Yes, it just takes courage & that’s exactly what we’re bringing to education in Ohio.
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70S: Kids don't need math facts, there's CALCULATORS
90S: Kids don't need math facts, there's COMPUTERS
2000s: Kids don't need math facts, there's the INTERNET
2025: Kids don't need math facts, there's AI
The world keeps changing - kids brains don't - kids need math facts
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The tale of two curriculums
One is based on a constructivist perspective, the other is Direct Instruction.
Same topic. Same kid.
One gives a thousand times more practice!!!
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Thank you to this incredible group of advocates, educators, and parents who came together to share a fact for Dyslexia Awareness Month. When we raise our voices together, we change the story.
#DyslexiaAwareness #1in5 #ShareAFact
