Parents Sue Over the ‘Science of Reading’ | Efforts to Abolish the Ed. Dept. Accelerate | Why Kids Lose Instructional Time | And More
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A first-of-its-kind lawsuit argues that popular reading programs were not backed by science and “undermined the future of students” in Massachusetts. The suit could open up a new front in the “reading wars.”
The momentum to abolish the U.S. Department of Education has already reached Congress with a newly introduced bill that seeks to dismantle the agency.
Seemingly minor classroom disruptions can add up to hours of lost instructional time each year. A new study breaks down the reasons why students lose learning time.
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1wI watched with eyes wide open the destruction of an early education reading program when the Calkins/Columbia reading curriculum was inserted into my former school district's reading and writing program. Recently I attended a literacy program, the "Science of Reading," which presented the exact program I practiced as an Early Education teacher 15 years ago, and continue today to ensure the future literacy successes for my young students. The old is new again.
Professor of Public Policy and Project Management
2wIsn’t education a States issue? Good to hear the US Dept for Education will be culled.
🟦 Community Engagement Project Designer | Educational Consultant | Speaker | Author | Artist
2wOkay, deep breaths. Here’s the reveal. I was terminated from a job because I didn’t drink the Koolaid. When Calkins and Teachers College offered workshops and hit the training circuit, I attended sessions. I didn’t leave starry eyed. In my gut, something felt off. a Professionally this hurt my career. While finding other ways to support staff who also didn’t buy into F&P, and TC, it cost me sleep and steps. Not only me, a few others, too. The repercussions reverberate-countless youth who were underserved, countless hours and days wasted at required professional development and training, thousands of dollars paid to these reps, tears after meetings and on pages of action plans and rebuttals. May no one face such consequences again. I’ll speak for myself and say that for me, the consequences of not buying into TC, Calkins and F&P, affected my health and career.