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Republished with permission of Dr. Sam Bommarito, author of Dr. Sam’s Advice for the Start of the School Year: Follow the Child, not the Program: https://doctorsam7.blog/2025/08/09/dr-sams-advice-for-the-start-of-the-school-year-follow-the-child-not-the-program-2/ ________________________ Getting your literacy program off to a [...]
Matching students with books at just the right reading level is critical—but not always easy. Traditional leveling systems often rely heavily on content features alone, which can lead to unreliable results and mismatches between [...]
by Peg Grafwallner Today, more than ever, teachers have taken the blame for everything wrong in education: blame for students’ poor academic performance, failed district mandates and school initiatives, and student apathy and laxity. [...]
By Connie Briggs, Mary Anne Doyle, and Wendy Vaulton It has been said before but bears repeating: Text levels are for teachers, not readers. Text levels should never define a child’s reading journey. Furthermore, [...]
Dr. Billy Molasso, Executive Director of RRCNA, discusses Reading Recovery and how research demonstrates that it really works: An interview conducted by Dr. Sam Bommarito Republished with permission of Dr. Sam Bommarito, [...]
