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Suppose one tries to debate the Science of Reading (SoR) and what it is precisely. They will likely be met by cognitive psychologists, parents, and educators who are insistent about the importance of neuroscience. Trying to understand how the brain works and why some children have learning disabilities has existed for decades. I'm staring at an old textbook special education teachers used: Alexander Bannatyne's 1971Language, Reading, and Learning Disabilities: Psychology, Neuropsychology, Diagnosis, and Remediation.
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Iowa Governor Terry Branstad's recent remarks about retaining 3rd graders confirm both the potential positives and the many negatives of in-grade retention in elementary school. First, the potential positives: in-grade retention sometimes leads to short-term (1 to 2 years out) - and maybe even mid-term (3 to 5 years out) - academic gains. The peer-reviewed...
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State leaders, educators, and researchers joined the Ohio Education Association Monday to voice their opposition to a law that mandates a student be retained if they do not pass a third-grade reading test.
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Here I will collect a series dedicated to the Big Lies of Education. The initial list of topics include : A Nation at Risk and education "crisis" Poverty is an excuse in educational achievement 2/3 students not proficient/grade level readers; NAEP Elementary teachers don't know how to teach reading NRP = settled science Teacher education...
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