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A Misguided Revolt: A Response to the Recent New York Times Article
By Billy Molasso, PhD From the headline to the spurious points within, the latest teacher hit piece from the New York Times seems determined to oversimplify an extremely complex problem to the unfortunate detriment [...]
The Negative Legislative Consequences of the SOR Media Story: An Open-Access Reader
Originally published April 8, 2023. Republished with permission by Paul Thomas, author of the blog Radical Scholarship. https://radicalscholarship.com/2023/04/08/the-negative-legislative-consequences-of-the-sor-media-story-an-open-access-reader/ Increasingly since around 2013, the media story around the “science of reading” has resulted in legislation [...]
Success Through Ongoing Support: Follow Up and Initiative
In the first blog, we mentioned that we work together as Trainers at the same UTC and both became a bit bionic last year with a new hip (Deb) and new knee (Adria). As [...]
Success Through Ongoing Support: Preparation and Coordination
We work together as Trainers at the same UTC and both became a bit bionic last year with a new hip (Deb) and new knee (Adria). As we prepared for surgery, recovery, and follow [...]
Intervention Essentials: Lessons With Emergent Bilingual Students
Mary D. Fried, The Ohio State University What are some essential shifts in teaching when the Reading Recovery® child is also learning English? Reading Recovery is an inclusive intervention that is successful with a [...]
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Rachel Spellman
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Rachel was able to attend LitCon this year because of a generous financial award [...]
Follow My Journey: My Reading Recovery Community
Join us this year in a five-part series while we follow the journey of Courtney Smith at Clemson University as she trains to be a Teacher Leader. By Courtney Smith My colleagues and I have [...]
Is Poetry Unknown During Roaming Around the Known?
By Kathleen A. Brown Are you ready to rejuvenate and revive your Roaming Around the Known Sessions? Why not consider using poetry with your students? How is poetry defined? Britannica describes poetry as follows: [...]
Retired Educator Makes $1 Million Gift to Reading Recovery Program
Reposted from Texas Woman's University February 16, 2023. https://twu.edu/news-events/news/retired-educator-makes-1-million-gift-to-reading-recovery-program/#.Y-1Qw_gjoGw.twitter An Ohio educator and philanthropist who has devoted her career to reading and literacy enhancement efforts has given a $1 million gift to support Texas [...]
