Grateful for more attention on special education teacher retention and resilience - especially from such thoughtful researchers!

On the to-read list, published 18/12 by scientists out of the Netherlands, looks like it will be an interesting article. 🤓. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The NRP Report (2000) found that independent silent reading may not be the most efficient use of instructional time. In our study, we replicated the finding. We found that independent reading didn't contribute meaningfully to improved reading outcomes. 🔗 shorturl.at/ZeBJz 🔗 shorturl.at/BZBpt

Hot off the presses - a must read about #comprehension and #backgroundknowledge from Hugh Catts at @thefcrr.bsky.social #scienceofreading www.aft.org/ae/winter202...

I keep seeing this pop up on social media ads which may be telling me something….I’m not one for ugly Xmas sweaters but I may need the T-Shirt version. 🤓😉

On the to read list 🤓 www.cmjpublishers.com/wp-content/u...

Understanding dyslexia: Why early diagnosis and intervention matter www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-t...

Cognitive load and explicit instruction for literacy youtu.be/H468hf7XREA?...

I’ve been to London a handful of times but never in November. People weren’t exaggerating when they said how beautiful it is in the lead up to the holidays. Loving the scenery ❤️📸🇬🇧

One of the things I love about living in Europe - in one train trip I’ve been in 4 countries. 🇳🇱🇧🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 New #TosteTeam pub led by @brennanchandler.bsky.social focused on word reading skills for secondary students with LD. Included in a special issue of Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy edited by Townsend, Lupo, & colleagues. Access it here: tinyurl.com/JAALTosteTeam 1/3

Over the last 5 months I have been updating my research on reading comprehension, both in terms of my methods and in terms of new studies. This process has led to me changing my position on the importance of knowledge and reading comprehension. Blog: www.pedagogynongrata.com/_files/ugd/2...

Looking to follow some reading scientists and some practitioners who are interested in their work? I've got you covered with this starter pack! #EduSky

TUESDAY‼️ What’s true “Science of Reading” and what’s BS? 🤷🏻‍♀️🧐 Lots of misinformation out there. Dr. Nathan Clemens enters the No BS Zone 🔥🔥🔥 The Literacy View finds out WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW 🫵 #edusky #nobs #nobs #bsfreezone #nobsbestie #theliteracyview #realteachers #lettingloose

Excellent new article by Tina Novelli - for early phonics instruction, just drawing attention to the mouth movements facilitated learning. Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Take notes and make organizers by hand! (Ok to draft via keyboarding). Students don’t just memorize better by hand but learn better overall writing by hand. Writing is learning. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Looks like I will be dusting off my BlueSky ☺️

Looking forward to reading these 3 studies. 1) Ss of color may be under identified in screenings for reading disabilities 2) Auditory attn. deficits may affect learning trajectories for dyslexics 3) Early reading has an impact into adulthood, esp. for struggling Ss. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

"The writing difficulties of students with dyslexia can be partially attributed to their reading difficulties and can manifest in many ways in their writing, such as poor spelling, poor legibility, lack of diverse vocabulary, poor idea development, and/or lack of organization." #EduSky

“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” -Mark Twain

It’s honestly rare I take a break from work or thinking about all topics related to work (okay, maybe I’m still thinking a bit 😜) but this recent holiday has been welcome and very much needed.

“what we know is that lang. & word reading need to be built across the curriculum so that we don’t neglect lang. early on, but we don’t want to neglect word reading later. It’s not a relay race, where word reading is handed off to language. It’s a parallel structure.” www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Stumbled on this 2002 RF Elmore piece: Hard Questions About Practice. 21 years later & I found it’s still relevant as discussions ⭕️ around the same systems issues. The only key diff. may be “distributed leadership” is more of a thing..and yes, I put it in quotations. www.ascd.org/el/articles/...

Great piece - it’s not curriculum resources OR teacher expertise but rather how the two come together. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/compreh...

Sunday reading: fs.blog/feynman-lear... “If you require complicated terminology to explain what you know, you have no flexibility. When someone asks you a question, you can only repeat what you’ve already said.” /1

Enjoyed this read today on curriculum pace. open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...

Great episode released today w/ Nell Duke discussing & responding to the Reading Teacher article released on Nov. 2nd. One highlighted point (there are many to note): “I would say that we are in a chronic crisis around reading & I think that crisis has a number of facets.” youtu.be/5LCpLJVwAeo?...

I can’t quite put my finger on it but there is something quite lovely about rainy, autumn days in the Netherlands.

Recently read 🤓 “The ways in which we think about oral language and its relation to reading have consequences not only for our understanding of mechanisms that lead to reading competence but also for our choices of interventions and assessment tools.” psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/sites/psycho...

Just started reading Duke’s book after coming across this great summary post w/ the blog writer’s added thoughts. I am finding the book incredibly interesting, especially when thinking about decision making + also implementation work related to literacy. calvinrosser.com/notes/thinki...

Traveled over here to check it out as a viable social media alternative. Seeking other edu folk here in the friendly skies and/or tips on using the app.