Parents for Reading Justice
@Parents4RJ
PRJ is a literacy 501(c)(3) that instructs & supports grassroots parent groups to hold the education system accountable for evidence-based literacy instruction.
📢 Huge shout out to @ehanford! Sold a Story was just named one of @TIME’s Top 100 Podcasts! 🎉 Her powerful reporting continues to shape districts worldwide, sparking change and driving the shift to evidence-based reading instruction. 🙌📖 #SoldAStory #ReadingJustice #SoR
Here's how we chose the 100 best podcasts of all time 🎧 time.com/7303677/how-we…
Instead of lionizing successful teachers and districts, study them. The ExtraOrdinary Districts podcast takes us stepXstep into what they did. Yrs later and very few views. Makes me wonder if we prefer success or drama? edtrust.org/rti/extraordin…
One secret to Steubenville’s reading success? Nearly every child gets full-day preschool—free or close to it. 80% attend. Kids speak in full sentences, get read to daily, and show up to kindergarten ready to learn to read. This is what early literacy looks like! @ehanford…
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Yup! We need to keep the main thing the main thing . If we don’t teach kids how to read and write the impact of our help will be limited at best.
We applaud teachers who feed, clothe & even braid hair—but the ones kids need most are those who can TEACH THEM TO READ. 📚 Especially kids in deep poverty. Every teacher deserves training in the Science of Reading. @SteubenvilleCity did it—your district can too! @ehanford…
I always wondered if someone was documenting the history of whole language/balanced/ comprehensive literacy.
Well done @AnnieMaryUnger! This first publication from your @latrobe PhD is a deep dive into the history of #RunningRecords & their extraordinary uptake in spite of their evidence-void. This is a major contribution to the history books with many contemporary lessons. @ehanford
Want to explore the links between literacy & cognitive science? This new 6-episode podcast provides an accessible way to do it. My 2 episodes focus on writing. The first drops today & the second on 7.29. @TheWritingRevol Find out more in my new post: open.substack.com/pub/nataliewex…
We applaud teachers who feed, clothe & even braid hair—but the ones kids need most are those who can TEACH THEM TO READ. 📚 Especially kids in deep poverty. Every teacher deserves training in the Science of Reading. @SteubenvilleCity did it—your district can too! @ehanford…
Lol, shocked daily on this site. THIS ONE was controversial?! No. Guessing based on illustrations is not reading. It's teaching children to pretend to read. Perfect example of this issue from the fantastic documentary (free on YouTube!) The Right to Read with @KJWinEducation
If the only way for a child to "read" a page is to guess the word by looking at a picture, they're not actually reading.
I’ve also highlighted Steubenville’s success—and sadly, the response is telling. For every one person who asks, “How can we learn from this?”, ten rush to discredit it or claim it’s not real. Why are we more eager to dismiss progress than to replicate it? Disappointing.
In my project looking for districts doing an outstanding job of teaching kids to read, I highlighted Steubenville City in Ohio. It's that district way at the top right of the Ohio graph. the74million.org/article/which-…
I’m fine with inspiration at edu conferences, but inspiration only goes so far in a profession that is full of hardworking people that only got into this to make a difference, but have been withheld the knowledge of how to design instruction based on the science of learning.
This doesn't happen with Direct Instruction. One of the many reasons it's so effective.
Replacing textbooks with whatever the teacher finds online was a mistake.
We just recorded a podcast with Dr Karin Hodges. Some asked why we'd interview a Dr, but it's just as you said. The opportunity cost in schools. Is this the best use of time? What's it replacing? Does it even work? I think it'll open a lot of eyes. @Parents4RJ @brett_tingley
Great article on SEL, what it was, and what it became after 1985. Thanks @KarinMariaPsyD for sharing. raisingmoxie.com/post/reimagini…
How do you teach children to read regardless of their socioeconomic status? The Science of Reading is clear; direct systematic phonics instruction works. x.com/brett_tingley/…
Imagine a school district where every child learns to read. Dreamy, right? That’s reality in Steubenville, Ohio — featured in @ehanford’s latest podcast. A powerful example for the nation. Let’s learn from Steubenville. @NCTQ @reading_league @salmahayek @NationalParents
Fidelity of implementation and responsiveness to kids are NOT mutually exclusive. If you are a teacher and you say so, your understanding of implementation fidelity is likely limited. If you are an education leader and you expect rigidity of implementation, you are promoting…
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And you will be changing their circumstance because by teaching them to read you will open up the world to them, their family and their community!