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Alessa Giampaolo Keener Dec 4, 2022

Has anyone listened to #SoldAStory yet? It's in my #podcast queue, but I'm curious to hear opinions about it?

https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

#LiteracyResearch #dyslexia #ReadingInstruction #Reading #ScienceOfReading #education

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an expose of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.

Jarod Roselló Nov 18, 2022

I got to hang out with first-graders today and talk about being an author and making comics. I even got some hugs. One of those good days!

#comics #education #ElementaryEd #literacy #edu #LiteracyEducation #LiteracyResearch

Katma Nov 17, 2022

Feeling frustrated today about the invalid reading measures used in my workplace and other ed settings that (even if the data weren’t garbage to begin with) are still blithely misinterpreted and misunderstood. Many teachers and specialists know that there’s a problem and some of us know enough to know how bad it is, but so far no change.

Ah well, back to pounding on brick wall with fists and annoying administration tomorrow #education #literacyresearch #dyslexia

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Katma Nov 13, 2022

@GuidingLiteracy Hi there! I was an educational researcher (focus on literacy development of kids with LBLD). Now I work directly with kids w/ complex dyslexia. Looking for a community and definitely feel a bit lost too. #literacyresearch #dyslexia #readinginstruction #ScienceOfReading #education