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Sold a Story Season 2 is out. features.apmreports.org/sold…
You can hear episodes 1 and 2 today.
Then it's one episode a week, on Thursdays, through Nov 19.
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Wondering where your kid is actually reading, and what you can do about it?
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"too many states have chosen to tell parents their children are on track when they aren’t" say Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings in a new Ed Week piece linked below.
These charts compare the most recent National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) 4th gr reading and math reports with the state testing reports.
The discrepancies are surprising. If judged by national standards, students in most states are not as proficient in reading and math as the state tests say they are. Link to more charts below.
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✏️ Pop quiz: Is @once_reading built understanding that:
A) Sm-grp tutoring is very effective
B) SoR is very effective
C) All of the above
It's C.
We have always used what the research says is best. That's why it works.
Sophie says kids deserve better. We agree. Her wonderful Substack is a "syllabus for making childhood more interesting."
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They'll grow up in a world full of AI. Reading is the one skill it can't do for them.
This weekend is the perfect time to start.
Thanks for the callout @jessegenet! Love following what you're doing for your kiddos!
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Direct Instruction is why teaching your kiddo to read can be simple (not always easy).
We've had the precise playbook for 40+ years. Using @once_reading to teach your kiddo makes it simple and fun.
Outside the school context, the overwhelmingly dominant mode of teaching people things is to use Direct Instruction — you literally show them what to do and make them practice it — but education theorists insist this is bad.
slowboring.com/p/math-needs-…
Reading success and smiles included!
If someone can spend 15 minutes a day I cannot sing the praises of @once_reading enough. xitter.cf/clairevo/status/209484…
Yes, YOU can teach your children stuff. We can help.
My (hard earned) opinion on public vs private vs whatever is ultimately it comes down to admin + teachers + standards, and in no school do you get to choose your admin or teachers or standards (you get what you get and you don't get upset.)
So if you can, my advice is to leave yourself as much budget and time to teach your kids yourself or supplement with instruction you choose to fill in gaps, because no matter what: you will find gaps. They will maybe show up every year, or be bigger one year than the other. These are human systems with human problems--you have to be the net.
I've ultimately found that our kids academic performance is a reflection of our family values, how we spend our time, and what we expect from the kids. School can support or accelerate it, but at the end of the day we hold the job as parents.
Lucky to have the time and resources to do it, so we make it a priority. This has been something @elawless has built into our family system, and I'm deeply grateful.
We love hearing parents' pride when they reflect on how much their kiddos have learned and grown.
Maybe you won't believe the difference either, but we see kids becoming readers every day.
You can teach them. Try Once.
Dyslexia affects roughly 15-20% of the population in the US & accounts for 80-90% of all individuals diagnosed with a learning disability in schools.
If you're reading this post, statistically, you almost certainly know a parent whose child has dyslexia.
Once goes from learning the first sound to mid-2nd grade. A lot goes into a program like this.
Jabob has worked in edtech for 15 years, and he didn't expect everything this program has done for his 4.5-year-old.
Learning to read is fun! Great work, @TheDrPShah!
Not sure where to start? See where your child is in reading. Free.
5-10 minutes. No login. A plain-language report shows what your child knows, what's coming next, and which books fit them right now.
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