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Stop right there! May’s study raises more questions than answers
by Dr. Billy Molasso A story goes that someone once complained to Voltaire that life is hard, to which the French thinker replied, “Compared to what?” The “compared to what” question comes to mind with [...]
Response To Long-Term Impacts of Reading Recovery Through Third and Fourth Grade: A Regression Discontinuity Study From 2011-12 Through 2016-17
A statement from the Reading Recovery Council of North America addressing the research of Reading Recovery reported by May and his co-authors at the AERA meeting, April 2022. Reading Recovery is a dynamic enterprise, and [...]
Intervention Essentials Part 1: Guaranteed Access to a Full Series of Lessons
by Connie Briggs Why does the Reading Recovery trademark guarantee participating students a full series of lessons that may be up to 20 weeks of instruction? “The quality and integrity of your implementation [...]
Freedom In The Classroom Is At Risk
by Connie Briggs A nightmare scenario is unfolding in American public schools today, driven by a minority of parents with loud voices and support from misguided legislators. Left unchecked, it could put at risk the [...]
Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery Statement on the Ontario Human Rights Commission Right to Read
March 8, 2022 The Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery applauds the Ontario Human Rights Commission for the ambitious inquiry into how Ontario’s publicly funded English-speaking schools are ensuring students with reading disabilities are learning to [...]
The “Simple” View of Reading Belies its Complexity
by Laurel Dickey There's a heated debate underway in education circles about the best way to teach reading and I'm sorry to say that most of the chatter misses the point. I've been teaching our [...]
7 Takeaways from Gay Su Pinnell’s Learning to Make a Difference: A Lifetime Journey
By Dr. Billy Molasso Over 1800 literacy professionals came together with a common goal at LitCon 2022 — to strengthen their knowledge and expertise to help struggling readers. Your passion for childhood literacy was evident [...]
Where have all the readers gone?
By Braedan Schantz Aida sat down beside her Reading Recovery teacher talking at an auctioneer’s pace. Her dad brought home a new kitten last night, and now she has three of them. “That’s just [...]
Our School Ambassador
by Kimberly Reynolds I never quite understood the magnitude of the saying, “seeing something through the eyes of a child” until the last couple of months of school last year. That is when I had [...]
New Research Affirms Positive Impact of Reading Recovery During COVID
By Dr. Billy Molasso, Executive Director of RRCNA The news is in and it’s good for Reading Recovery’s teacher-led tutoring program for struggling first graders. Our annual research from the International Data Evaluation Center [...]
