🧠 What if we could identify children at risk for reading difficulties BEFORE they begin to fail? Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Nadine Gaab has spent years studying the developing brain and early indicators of reading difficulties. And next Wednesday, she’s joining Parents for Reading Justice LIVE! This is your opportunity to hear the research and ask your questions directly. 📅 October 28 | 3:30–5 PM ET 💻 FREE & virtual Parents, educators, policymakers, and literacy advocates—this conversation is for YOU! 🔗 Register now: eventbrite.com/e/parents-for… #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth #ScienceOfReading #ReadingJustice

If you're poor and you want your child to learn to read, move to Mississippi. 📚 Sounds crazy? Check the Nation's Report Card. Mississippi's low-income 4th graders now outread low-income 4th graders in EVERY other state. A state that ranked 49th in 2013 is now #1 in 4th-grade reading once you adjust for demographics. How? They trained teachers in the science of reading, put coaches in classrooms, and refused to let kids slip through the cracks. So what's our excuse, New York? Nebraska, California, Iowa? Mississippi proved it can be done. Every child can learn to read. The question is whether the rest of us have the will. 💪 #ScienceOfReading #MississippiMiracle #LiteracyIsACivilRight #ReadingJustice

In Ohio, we're not messing around when it comes to how our kids learn to read. 📚 Districts still have plenty of autonomy in how they do it. But on the things that matter most, the expectations are clear: ✅ High-quality instructional materials ✅ Teachers trained in the science of reading ✅ Accountability for outcomes We've given schools the resources and the training. Now we expect results for children. How you get there is up to you. Some things you just do because they're best for kids. 💪 Thank you, @GovMikeDeWine and Director Dackin, for putting Ohio's children first. #ScienceOfReading #OhioReads #LiteracyForAll #ReadingJustice

I just heard @CattsHugh mention the good work of @SoLInTheWild at our Deciding Dyslexia Idaho Lit and Lang Conference! Woot!!

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.

The closer you get to the impact of illiteracy in people's lives, the less you're willing to tolerate and stay silent about.

When a child doesn't learn as a result of instruction provided, isn't that a question we should be asking about the instruction instead of making it about that child's inability to learn?

Episode 1 of Sold a Story, Season 2: apmreports.org/episode/2026/… It's Not Just Reading

It's LIVE! Sold a Story Season 2 is now LIVE! Season 2, Episode 1: It’s Not Just Reading apmreports.org/episode/2026/…

Ameer Baraka wasn't diagnosed with dyslexia until he was 42, well after prison and addiction had already taken years from him. Comment DYSLEXIA and we'll send you this episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Literacy isn't just a heart issue. It's a pocketbook issue. Some people are moved by heartstrings. Everyone is moved by their pocketbook. 💵 Here's what years of literacy advocacy have taught me: reading isn't just an education issue. It's an economic issue. A workforce issue. A national competitiveness issue. And it affects every American, every single day. Right now, only about 1 in 3 of our students in 4th, 8th, and 12th grade read proficiently. How do we compete with China when two-thirds of our kids can't read at grade level? We don't. Here's the hopeful part: as Dr. @LouisaMoats points out, research suggests about 95% of children can learn to read with evidence-based instruction. 95%. Imagine where the United States would be today if we'd delivered on that. Every child who learns to read becomes a stronger worker, a better-informed citizen, and a more secure family. Their success is our success. It's in ALL of our interest that children learn to read. 📚 👉 Share this if you agree literacy is everyone's business. #ScienceOfReading #LiteracyMatters #Workforce #Education #ParentsForReadingJustice

Sold a Story changed the conversation on reading. Season 2 is looking at what happened to teaching itself and why an evidence-based approach (Direct Instruction) was sidelined for so long. Trailer is below, new episodes tomorrow youtu.be/4YDq-AB_d2c

Don’t miss a screening of Left Behind, the award-winning documentary that’s sparking a national conversation about literacy and inclusion. Join Learning Ally OCtober 29 from 6-9pm for the screening and a panel discussion with the filmmaker and families from the film.

Literacy warriors getting ready for their interviews with Drexel Allied Hub before the event! 💪📚 We’re always ready to speak up for literacy, advocate for evidence-based instruction, and make sure parents have a voice in the conversation. #ParentsForReadingJustice #LiteracyAdvocacy #ReadingJustice #ScienceOfReading

Sold a Story Season 1 felt like a reckoning over how we teach reading. But the conversation is much bigger. It’s about how we teach, period. “If the student hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught.” — Zig Engelmann Season 2 is here! 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

The new season of Sold a Story is coming tomorrow. I've seen speculation about it. I think there will be some surprises. I'm interested to know what you think. First two episodes tomorrow. Then one a week on Thursdays until Nov 19. features.apmreports.org/sold…

🎧 Sold a Story Season 2 is here! Episodes 1 & 2 explore what happened to evidence-based teaching. Parents deserve transparency and instruction grounded in research—not another generation of failed practices. That’s why Parents for Reading Justice exists. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

53% of teacher prep programs now earn an A. But what about the other 47%? PFRJ Founder & President @brett_tingley and @KJWinEducation sit down with @NCTQ’s @HeatherPeske and Ron Noble to discuss. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Season 2 of Sold a Story appears to be about Direct Instruction. Emily Hanford and her team went deep on an approach with decades of evidence behind it... one the education system has mostly rejected anyway. Trailer’s out. Season starts Oct 15. youtube.com/watch?v=4YDq-AB_… @NIFDI