Welker to Lavrov: "Here are the facts. Close to 50,000 civilians have either been killed or injured in this war. Russia has hit maternity wards, churches, schools, hospitals, a kindergarten just this week. So either the Russian military has terrible aim or you are targeting civilians. Which is it?"

"Learn everything you can about what you love, and no one can take that from you," says one reader's dad. Here are 7 other pieces of fatherly advice.

Year end data is coming in and UFLI has definitely made a positive impact on my students’ learning this year!

Had to take a little break from UFLI because my district’s S&S specifically teaches blends but we’re so happy to be back!

Martin Luther King Jr.'s words couldn't be more important in today's info landscape. ✨ As we celebrate MLK Day, let us review his article, "The Purpose of Education," which was published in the Morehouse College student newspaper in 1947. 🔗 Article: bit.ly/PurposeEduca... #MLKDay

“Reading comprehension isn’t just a skill—it depends on knowledge. Without background knowledge, students struggle to understand what they read.” @natwexler.bsky.social explains why building knowledge is key to literacy success. #SOR #KnowledgeMatters 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/nataliew...

Restructuring the way I teach high frequency words has made a dramatic difference in how my students have mastered these words www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

5 of 5 Kids deserve ed leaders and decision-makers who are clear-eyed and relentless in their pursuit of helping them become proficient readers. #Edusky #SOR #EduSky

Powerful words from Executive Director Kareem Weaver to ground our work heading into the new year: “[Literacy] is the gateway to society, its institutions, and the basic opportunities that we want for all kids.” #Literacy is the fundamental #CivilRight of our time.

If you've seen this Catts & Kamhi piece floating around your feeds over the past few weeks but haven't read it yet, I highly recommend taking a few mins to read it. It's a brilliant and accessible summary of so much research related to reading comprehension. www.aft.org/ae/winter202... #sor #EduSky

Universal Screening for Children at Risk for Dyslexia Why? Research Shows… Joseph Torgesen “we can, using tests currently available, accurately identify students who are likely to struggle with reading starting in preschool or kindergarten." decodingdyslexiaca.org/universal-sc...

UFLI working its magic in our classroom!