California’s widely-supported literacy bill dies after ⁦California Teachers Association⁩ opposes it.

⁦Becky Pringle⁩, we need to talk. Teacher support was at the heart of this bill. This is so unfortunate.
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The Reading Recovery organization is spending a lot of money to defend itself. It hired a consulting firm to design a campaign to rebut Sold a Story, and it filed a lawsuit against its home state of Ohio.
New from Christopher Peak and Kate Martin.

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📢 Assembly Ed Chair Asm. Al Muratsuchi is refusing to schedule AB 2222 for a hearing in his committee. The bill could die if it is not scheduled by this Thurs, 4/11.

We are running out of time to get AB 2222 (Rubio) heard in the Assembly Education Committee!
CALL TO ACTION

Statewide, less than half of all CA children are proficient readers. This is why FIS is cosponsoring #AB2222 (Rubio) to end this #literacycrisis & calling on you to send an email of support for the bill:

English: secure.everyaction.com/KzYEK-day0aSL-…
Spanish: secure.everyaction.com/eU1dWyQa1EKE0J…

Latest news on @asmblancarubio bill #AB2222 with commentary from Families In Schools CEO Yolie Flores and @capounified educator Darla O'Leary.

Read full articles here: californiakidsread.org/news

📰: L.A. Daily News LA School Report

#YesOnAB2222 #EarlyLiteracyMatters #EducationEquity

SF Parents #SFKidsCantWait Asm. Al Muratsuchi California Reading Coalition EdVoice Decoding Dyslexia CA .Asm. Al Muratsuchi how many lives, futures, are depending on your call on this?

#yesonAB2222
#literacyisacivilright

CA voters, including SF Parents, want #AB2222 for comprehensive early literacy.📚 Chair Asm. Al Muratsuchi needs to schedule a hearing in Assembly Education ASAP.

This bill deserves to be heard.
#CaliforniaKidsRead
#YESonAB2222
#EarlyLiteracyMatters
California Reading Coalition EdVoice Decoding Dyslexia CA

Why don’t people want to discuss efforts to improve reading instruction? I’d call it a crisis when more than half of third graders are not proficient. EdVoice Decoding Dyslexia CA CaliforniaPTA Families In Schools SF Parents #SFKidsCantWait

CTA declares it's against reading reform in #AB2222 ; author Assemblywoman Rubio EdVoice Families In Schools California Reading Coalition ask California Teachers Association: Will you work to improve bill or deny teachers #SOR training they lack & textbooks they need? by diana lambert Zaidee Stavely &me edsource.org/2024/bill-to-m…

And another note on English learners - we have a version of Sold a Story in Spanish now. It's here: features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/e…

Asm. Rubio is willing to work with CTA to address their concerns. #AB2222 deserves a hearing in the Ed Comm. Will Asm. Al Muratsuchi schedule it? Please call his office today. (916) 319-2066
#AB2222 VotersMatter
#CaliforniaKidsRead
#YESonAB2222
#EarlyLiteracyMatters

Midyear DIBELS assessment: about 1/2 of K-2 students nationwide on track to read at grade level; 3/10 are far behind California Reading Coalition Decoding Dyslexia CA California Teachers Association The Education Trust #CAedchat by Kara Arundel k12dive.com/news/half-of-k…

Claude Goldenberg, a specialist on English Learner literacy, is one of the leaders speaking out to say that the bill absolutely advances the needs of ELL students:
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This misunderstanding about the needs of ELLs is really problematic. AFT’s…

Huge mistake and disappointment for California Teachers Association to come out against this crucial CA literacy bill.

Teachers deserve to know how reading acquisition happens. Kids’ literacy is dependent on this knowledge.