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6: The Reckoning

6: The Reckoning

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Lucy Calkins says she has learned from the science of reading. She's revised her materials. Fountas and Pinnell have not revised theirs. Their publisher, Heinemann, is still selling some products to teach reading that contain debunked practices. Parents, teachers and lawmakers want answers.


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A voice for all teachers who are implementing these programs! Thank you for bringing this topic to all.

Word is out!

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This is the research driven proof you need to know as a teacher or parent to understand why kids cannot read. The corporate manipulation of data and theory is a fact. This is the rabbit hole they never wanted you to know about. Thank you to the strong and honest authors and creators of this podcast.

Education has been under attack

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What are we doing as educators and why are we ignoring the research? Shocking and eye-opening. It reminds me of the pharmaceutical companies getting rich off keeping people sick. Now we have publishing companies getting rich off keeping kids from reading shameful. We have to do better. All of our kids are depending on us.

Wow

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If you believe in humanity, please read and support your local schools to make a change for good.

A read for every human

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Reading and making meaning about what you read are two ideas that can work together if taught right. Students need structured reading and writing that include understanding sound letter relationships, word patterns, sight words and sentence structure. That combined with cues can help students make meaning with new information. You need to teach all the tools to your students.

You need a toolbox to be a teacher.

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I want to share this podcast with every teacher I know and every school board member and administrator! This information is SO important!

Made me rethink teaching reading! Thank you!

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please listen and take control of your kids education. they depend on you to make sure they can read

enlightening

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