An Important Message from RRCNA
from Executive Director, Billy Molasso The world changes every day, but some days, we are unable to get our arms around how fast it is changing. The past few weeks are no exception. Each of [...]
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03, 2020
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01, 2020
Building an Even Stronger Sense of Community at National Conference
by Billy Molasso I’ve had an incredible welcome to the Reading Recovery community! As you may know, I joined RRCNA this past August as the new executive director at Jady Johnson’s retirement. I’m thankful for [...]
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12, 2019
Responding to the Reading Wars: Everyone’s Job
by Patricia L. Scharer, Ph.D. The Reading Wars have a long, long history. Over the past 100 years, adversaries have argued for and against numerous approaches: whole word, literature-based reading, look-say method, sight words, Initial [...]
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10, 2019
What’s the Story?
by Amy Smith At the center of all advocacy work is a story. Reading Recovery has a rich tapestry of stories with compelling themes like renewal, transformation, and hope. Our data tells one piece of [...]
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09, 2019
The Three Cueing Systems in Beginning Reading Instruction: Good Idea or Hoax?
by Robert Schwartz A main skirmish in the Reading Wars centers on phonics first or building on the strengths a child brings. In his blog, Dr. Tim Shanahan, a knowledgeable and highly respected literacy researcher [...]