We're grateful for a research --> practice bridge stronger than the typical:

1-way communication 'I'll publish or disseminate a paper that teachers should read'

or transactional 'I've got a study I'm running.'

Actual *partnerships* are rare but so needed to get reading right.

And the sentence most important to Reid

''[SOR] could destroy itself if paired with impossible promises and unrealistic expectations.
Let us all ensure that the science of reading is not the next educational trend destined to fade by being careful about how we use the phrase.'

“Science is open-minded and objective. It doesn’t take sides but rather illuminates a path. If new data confront and overturn long held assumptions and beliefs, we need to make changes to reflect this new information, not succumb to confirmation bias.” -Dr Reid Lyon & Margaret…

Could not be more happy that the newest of Perspectives is *not* behind a paywall.

It includes the paper Reid Lyon says will be his last, and great pieces by Dr. Elsa Cárdenas Hagan, Kareem J. Weaver, Tim Odegard, Kate Cain, Linnea Ehri, and so many more.

dyslexialibrary.org

Loved drafting questions and pulling resources together for this discussion guide!

Even better has been hearing how discussions unfolded

Send an email about what you discuss, what you learn, and the questions you still have when you are done.

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New Blog:

'Decisions about what will be taught and for how many minutes determine the daily experience of students and how much they learn in school.

I see change unfolding across the country, and this makes me feel excited but also deeply worried.'

righttoreadproject.com/2024/01/29/wha…

The principal, an interventionist, and some classroom teachers are doing a webinar on our school's Walk to Read model of reading instruction.

Come hear from them and ask questions.
It's free!

Jamie Allardice Decoding Dyslexia CA California Reading Coalition CRLP at UC Berkeley reading4berkeley The Reading League California

I read this Kareem J. Weaver gem on the same day I rediscovered my notes from Mitchell Brookins, Ph.D.

'When you are Black, you know that the system is not designed to develop your literacy.'

So much to think about, talk about, and DO in response to these paired quotes.