“Teachers, parents, administrators, and legislators must recognize that the reading brain uses multiple sources of information (e.g., phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic). Anything else is not science-based.” ow.ly/bjZF50Q3XPT

An incredibly important piece. “The complexity of reading is inconvenient because
teaching reading requires teacher judgment, close obser-
vation of children, teacher expertise, and choosing among
multiple approaches.”ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Gov Youngkin (Parody) apptd Emily Anne Gullickson as Deputy Secretary of Education for VA. She's from A for Arizona, focusing on leveraging business style mgmt. in ed. When Youngkin took office VA was ranked 4th in the country. Today Arizona is ranked 48th of 50 in K-12 Ed. #downspiral

Excellent post. Kindergarten is NOT the new 1st grade and we all need to fight to keep play as the heart of early childhood. We are doing a huge disservice to our children by not honoring who they are and what they need as tiny humans. (And it’s not pushing phonics in PreK.)

Tens of millions of Americans have seen tangible improvements in their lives because of Biden. Any sane voter is thankful to have a White House that isn’t teetering on the brink of disaster. And our President did it all quietly. But guess what? That’s the point.

Threads seems to be the easiest transition away from the Twitterverse. Seamless with Instagram. Who else is there?

San Francisco friends…I’ll be out there next week - what modern art museums are not to be missed? I’m going to the Kehinde Wiley exhibit at the de Young. What else? Any other must do’s would be appreciated!

This is a book the world needs to read. Thank you Brandon Wolf for this beautiful, raw, heartbreaking, powerful and inspiring story of your life. “Our stories matter because when we share them, the collective pieces of our individual lived experiences teach us all how to go on.” ❤️

'...whatever gains had shown up in Mississippi’s fourth-grade scores had vanished by the eighth grade, when all students notched exactly the same scores in 2022 as they had in 2013... doesn’t much warrant the label 'miracle.'”
latimes.com/business/story…

When we hold on to colour-blind ideologies we center our own comfort … young children are not too young to talk about race. #earlyyears #anti -biaseducation #EJB #DEIJ centerforplayfulinquiry.com/voices/uolbsq6…

“Let’s use ALL the research, not just the research that sells particular phonics programs.” Absolutely. This is an extraordinary letter & captures my view on this issue. We must keep learning & growing as educators, keeping the children at the forefront of our talk-not a “war”.

Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better. ~ Magda Gerber #parenting

Absolutely. And if the teaching team isn’t a strong, supportive, collaborative relationship, then relationship & connection in the classroom is next to impossible. And has the potential to put teachers in fight or flight as well.

YES!!! ❤️

Does anyone know if there’s a good screen cover for the cheapo Kindle that would allow me to read in the sun?

How many? Thanks to Kassia Wedekind I see math and joy everywhere!

This whole thread is so important. And such a reminder for adults, too. Truly rethinking every 'no' answer before we give it makes such a difference. What can we gift permission to that would grant children (and us?) freedom of self-expression and freedom to be?