On November 5th, more than five hundred educators from 45 districts will gather in Buffalo, NY, for the first Science of Reading conference for New…
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In the last few years, the community of literacy advocates has exploded. Overwhelmingly, that explosion has happened in Facebook – and it’s high time we…
On Tuesday evening, a group of parents gathered to protest outside of the Minneapolis Public Schools headquarters. Signs read, “Literacy for all” and “Less than…
Foundational skills are essential for all students to succeed as readers, and it’s time to have an important conversation… There’s no such thing as phonics-only…
Safely reopening schools is hard. In the midst of challenging conversations about how we can do so, the most sensible, creative idea isn’t getting enough…
Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Schools, just penned a superb editorial,We will not hold low-income students back a grade because of coronavirus. It will…
I’ve been meaning to write about Reading Workshop for ages. Its program is one of the most popular in K–12, especially in my neck of the…
A thoughtful post by Carrie Mattern, reflecting on her experience at the 2019 NCTE conference in Baltimore, is spawning good discussions in social media. Mattern…
A few weeks ago, inspired by a tweet, I published a rallying cry to a group that I’ve been calling Literacy Twitter. A growing number…
So you want to know how kids learn to read – with an eye to understanding what research has taught us over the last 20+…