Want to be a reviewer of math instructional materials for the state of California? 2 groups are being recruited: content reviewers (a PhD in math, stats, or comp. sci) and materials reviewers, teachers holding a CA credential with some exp. with standards. cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/im/mathi…

My daughter is 6 lessons away from finishing this book. She can read like a 1st grader and she's 4. A new student just entered my middle school who is unable to decode. I will end the year by teaching him with this book.

A much smarter, more equitable policy than Algebra for none. Assign promising students to Alg 1 pipeline and require op-out. | Dallas ISD’s Opt-Out Policy Dramatically Boosts Diversity in Its Honors Classes The 74 the74million.org/article/dallas…

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Literacy skills seem to fuel literacy enjoyment, rather than vice versa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… "The best-fitting direction-of-causation model showed that skills impacted enjoyment, while the influence in the other direction was zero."

On a positive note I've never seen such unity before on Twitter

We are not talking enough about this.

“Every district initiative lives or dies on a principal’s desk.” - The fabulous Becky Sullivan from SCOE Uncomfortably true. And this is a great thread from principal Jamie Allardice: Why elementary principals so rarely support literacy initiatives…

1. It’s healthy to keep questioning and challenging the field to make the research relevant to teachers. 2. I want to see more Implementation Science in education and reading research.

Think twice before using ChatGPT for help with HW. A well designed RCT found that high schoolers solved more practice math problems correctly, but did worse on a test than students who solved the problems on their own. hechingerreport.org/kids-chatgpt-w…

"Untangling dyslexia myths and misconceptions," good overview in APA Monitor. apa.org/monitor/2024/0… #dyslexia #scienceofreading

An honor to host and learn from Minister Gibb. Emily Hanford and I agreed that England is about 10-15 years ahead of the US in its embrace and implementation of research-based reading instruction. AEI Education

bostonglobe.com/2024/10/08/met… “In 2012, Brookline High saw more Black students score as advanced on the state Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Math test than ever before; 88 percent were Calculus Project participants… The project runs counter to a recent push to engage

Guess what’s not allowed on the Medical College Admission Test? A calculator. Here’s a pic of my son’s scratch paper from his practice exam yesterday. Note: multi-digit mult & long division. Yes, it’s timed, too. Math ed peeps who deride algorithms & recommend use of calculators

In California, 72% of Black 4th graders are *BELOW BASIC* in NAEP reading. Up from 56% 10 years ago. This in a state that has DOUBLED per pupil spending in the last 10 years. We've thrown money at the problem, and this is the result. We need better reading policy NOW.

California state superintendent Tony Thurmond is not only ignoring this reading crisis, he is running for governor. Which would be the ultimate Fail Upward. Decoding Dyslexia CA Megan Bacigalupi Megan Potente SF Parents #SFKidsCantWait CA Parent Power Mike Malione berrinchuda montoya Jelani Nelson Newsom Myālgía MD, PhD (formerly Virál Myālgía)

Confessions of a veteran teacher:

"The average low-income California fourth grader is a full year behind their counterpart in Mississippi." I’m glad to see Claude Goldenberg saying it plainly. Megan Potente berrinchuda montoya Decoding Dyslexia CA Megan Bacigalupi

The San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board is over it. This whole editorial is 🔥, and the literacy portion is nuclear. “Nearly 60% of our 3rd graders didn’t meet state standards” for ELA. “Meanwhile, poverty-stricken red states such as Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have surged

"Our junior in HS was asked to read the Hunger Games and Night. Hunger Games is written at about the 5th grade reading level and Night, while extremely important, is about 115 pages. Other things "covered" this year were selections from other texts and movie clips to