www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/mindset... New blog by @equintero.bsky.social: We all bring priors to debates re literacy. Over time, these can harden into fixed positions. By unpacking where each side is coming from, we can soften divides, open space for dialogue, & set a few shared non-negotiables.

Hands down the BEST piece I have come across with on the topic of deep reading and attention in our digital culture. SUPERB. Must read and RE-READ. Thank you for this public service piece @gtoppo.bsky.social Why Are So Few Kids Reading for Pleasure? www.the74million.org/article/why-...

www.stardem.com/opinion/colu... Important points, not just for Maryland but nation wide. Legislation is never enough and if funding is missing or insufficient all the more so.

Classroom phone bans reduced academic inequality: lower-performing students gained most, whilst high achievers showed minimal change.

This is a must read. Explains how teachers can understand their students' mental models -- how are they organizing knowledge -- and why this matters. Another brilliant piece by Carl Hendrick. “Well-Organised Misunderstanding": The Fine Art of Being Wrong open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center. www.wthr.com/article/news...

Given the gender disparities in literacy (reading habits, reading test scores) with boys trailing girls in every measure and in most high-income countries, one might wonder what role literacy play in boys' educational underachievement, social behavior, & mental health. edsource.org?page_id=737866

Such a great episode!

We continue to see inaccuracies in reporting related to SOR legislation. AB 1454 not just phonics. From bill: "print concepts, phonological aware., phonics & word recognition, & fluency, (...) oral language development, vocabulary & background knowledge, & comprehension" gvwire.com/2025/07/20/c...

Proud of my AFT colleagues who have been lifting evidence based literacy for decades, and, importantly, making this wealth of academic knowledge accessible to educators and families This tremendous resource focuses on multilingual learners. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/celebra...

Thoughtful critique of reading legislation is essential—but it begins with an honest reading of the laws themselves, say Esther Quintero, Kayla Reist, and Susan B. Neuman. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/science...

New: @susanbneuman.bsky.social argues that structured adaptation might be the missing link in making good literacy programs great at scale. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/beyond-...

Must read by @susanbneuman.bsky.social on why teachers matter so much in curriculum implementation @shankerinst.bsky.social @katasolow.bsky.social @callielowenstein.bsky.social www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/beyond-...

Bad news Monday for K12 ed

Legislation would require textbooks and teacher training grounded in phonics and other research-based strategies. Read more: bit.ly/4jCos6R

📢 We're thrilled to share a new TRL Compass resource to support English learners (ELs)! Our Contrastive Analysis Resource has IPA-based charts & Venn diagrams comparing English phonology with six languages. Support your EL students with this resource today: www.thereadingleague.org/compass/engl...

An important post by an advocate of English Learners open.substack.com/pub/claudego...

New paper alert! bc amid all the chaos this work is even more important. Here is a review that includes a list 50 existing surveys for measuring racism in schools! ✊🏽 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1168

Important letter to Congress re education department and education research: "Congress must act to protect the nation’s education data, research infrastructure, and knowledge base, by safeguarding the IES and broader USED staff, leadership, and mission." 👇

Multiple strands of conservative politics — from culture war to fiscal panic to RFK’s know-nothingism to tech millenarianism — are colliding to dismantle American scientific research. www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-war...

Nice to see all the education research orgs put out a joint statement calling for Congress to safeguard the (Congressionally established) IES and NCES I would have liked to see them underscore the historical dimensions a bit more (surprise!) 1/ www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...

Want to help defend Ed research? Join us in a week of action! #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #ScienceOfReading #StandUpForReadingResearch

The Science of Reading may be entering a new phase—one of thoughtful recalibration. Structured instruction still matters, but so does space for implicit learning. Moving forward will take deeper collaboration between researchers & educators. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/what-ne...

Sylvie McNamara grew so concerned about the effect that her son’s school-issued laptop was having on his learning, & weak response from his school, that she began keeping the laptop at home. His grades improved. Now she pens a 👀 piece on issues with Ed Tech: www.washingtonian.com/2025/03/25/s...

It's just one slice of the mess were in - but if the edu and SoR communities don't stand for IES, who will? We are planning a Week of ACTION the week of 4/7 to #StandUpForReadingResearch Planning call this Mon 3/24 (!) - please join to help plan in your area! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

IES was instrumental in generating research on the science of reading. What is happening now is that "they’re basically undercutting the next science of reading" says scholar Douglas Harris in this interview debuting new ‘Wikipedia’ of K–12 Research www.the74million.org/article/scho...

The IES Practice Guides and resources inform every single literacy course & training for pre-service & in-service teachers. Any literacy intervention that has evidence behind it has evidence because the studies were funded by IES, OSEP, or by NIH. Every $ spent on IES research saves tax payer $.

Calling all edu researchers: please join us & please spread the word. Time to fight for this work & funding & for all the students/lives it impacts! cc @matthewkraft.bsky.social @mpolikoff.bsky.social @chrismartell.bsky.social @dynarski.bsky.social @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social @natejones.bsky.social

I'm a big fan of giving people the tools they need to evaluate claims. Thanks @larryferlazzo.bsky.social & @edweekopinion.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this! How Teachers Can Judge the Credibility of Research www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #EduSky #EdResearch

Educators Kata Solow & @callielowenstein.bsky.social urge everyone in the Science of Reading movement to band together to defend IES & reading research and to protect our children’s education. @standupforscience.bsky.social @thereadingleague.org www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/stand-r...

Educators Kata Solow & @callielowenstein.bsky.social urge everyone in the Science of Reading movement to band together to defend IES & reading research and to protect our children’s education. @standupforscience.bsky.social @thereadingleague.org www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/stand-r...

It is scary to read about how some students react to having their phone taken away for a few hours. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

Who loses if the Trump admin eliminates federal K-12 funding? This would be a massive self-inflicted wound to all kids, but it would hit red states especially hard. (Even if the $ still on the books, if Ed isn’t staffed to administer them, that will hurt kids all the same.)

Objective, comprehensive, rigorous, timely, and useful: A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research. #EdResearch #EdPolicy livehandbook.org

Yes, your local public school is at risk. What happens next: 1) No personnel left to administer categorical K-12 funding 2) Those funds get block granted 3) Red states funnel the money into vouchers instead of supporting America’s most disadvantaged kids

As a faculty member, I think I knew from afar what good people IES had. But over the past two years, I have gotten to work alongside so many of those who were just let go. I have learned so much from these friends and colleagues, and I am just dumbstruck at the scale of this loss for our country.

New today from @clpeak.bsky.social. A look at a EdReports, one of the most powerful gatekeepers influencing the instructional materials schools buy. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

Edu folks — we will be convening again tomorrow for a *working session* building content (Insta posts, 1 pagers, testimonials, letters to editor, action toolkits) to build awareness in SoR circles and mobilize folks for upcoming actions. Please join & share widely! #SoR4IES zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ASI's @equintero.bsky.social writes that we should use NAEP reading results to highlight the need for improved literacy outcomes, not to evaluate whether science of reading policies are working or not.  www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/literac...

"A key implication for researchers is to appreciate that methodological expertise alone is insufficient, and that practitioners’ and families’ experiences with the education system and knowledge of local contexts constitute valuable forms of knowledge" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This is a very clear explanation about why learning to read is similar (not identical) for students who already know the language and students who are simultaneously learning it. open.substack.com/pub/claudego...