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Blinded by Perceptions Part One: Observing and Teaching the Whole Child
You notice what you are looking for. Think about it. You buy a new car and then see the same car in the same color everywhere you look. You hadn’t noticed it before, but [...]
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Lori Dupuis
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Lori received a professional development award to attend LitCon 2024, thanks to generous donors [...]
The “Science of Reading” Recovery
by Susan Vincent Could the winds of change be blowing already? Like most literacy educators, I have watched with great interest (and often horror) the ways in which the Science of Reading movement has [...]
The Truth About Reading: The Eyes and Brain at Work
The recent webinar, The Truth About Reading: The Eyes and Brain at Work, was a collaborative effort between the International Literacy Educator Collaborative and Uniting to Save Our Schools. Both organizations are deeply committed [...]
Teacher Leader Institute 2024 Recap
Wow, the 2024 Teacher Leader Institute was an incredible event brimming with inspiration, innovation, and camaraderie! Teacher Leaders from across the U.S. gathered in Palm Springs for professional development packed with enlightening keynotes, engaging [...]
The Misrepresentation of Marie Clay in “Sold a Story”
by Thomas Newkirk This blog post is extracted from the full-length essay, "The Broken Logic of 'Sold a Story'": A Personal Response to "The Science of Reading." Read the full essay available in the [...]
Good News of the Week: Teacher Training Graduates
Congratulations to the newest New Jersey Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons teachers! These professionals worked so hard this year and were changed as educators. Their dedication to their students was unmatched. These teachers learned [...]
Follow My Journey: Learning to Lead
John Maxwell says that a leader is “one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.” As a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader in training, I have learned so many new things [...]
Digging into Data with IDEC
By Kate Nelson, International Data Evaluation Center, and Mary Ann McBride, Teacher Leader Data is critical to making informed instructional decisions that serve the needs of our most struggling readers, and IDEC data offers [...]
What is right is not always popular
There has been quite a lot to unpack over the past couple of weeks, and the misinformation is running rampant! If the lies weren’t being spotlighted so publicly, we’d simply go on about our [...]









