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Reading Reform Will Fail Without Families
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Across the country, a wave of new reading legislation aims to fix literacy crises, yet there’s little direct support for families to help carry the reforms forward. At a recent meeting in my community, one fact hit hard: Our reading pipeline is broken. Instead of the expected 80% of students succeeding with general instruction, only 11% of Milwaukee students are on track.
Opinion: Reading Reform Will Fail Without Families
Across the country, a wave of new reading legislation aims to fix literacy crises, yet there’s little direct support for families to help carry the reforms forward. At a recent meeting in my community, one fact hit hard: Our reading pipeline is broken. Instead of the expected 80% of students succeeding with general instruction, only 11% of Milwaukee students are on track. A staggering 65% need frequent, in-depth, individualized support — far more than the system was ever built to provide.
Reading Reform Will Fail Without Families
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Across the country, a wave of new reading legislation aims to fix literacy crises, yet there’s little direct support for families to help carry the reforms forward. At a recent meeting in my community, one fact hit hard: Our reading pipeline is broken. Instead of the expected 80% of students succeeding with general instruction, only 11% of Milwaukee students are on track.
Kids who learn this 1 skill early on are highly successful in life Original
When we think of raising a reader, we often picture a child snuggled in bed, bathed in the soft glow of a nightlight, listening to a parent read a story aloud. That scene is magical. But after more than 10 years of studying how kids become readers and interviewing literacy and child development experts, I've learned that powerful raise-a-reader moves aren't limited to bedtime.
This is a 'powerful predictor of long-term success,' says expert—and parents who do 5 things give kids an edge | Flipboard
2 hours ago Despite OK's ubiquity, many people don't know the words behind this two-letter agreement. The English language is chock full of abbreviations. While the words behind many of these shortened forms tend to feel rather obvious (like ft. for feet and VP for vice president), there are plenty of less …
Inspiring Picture Books for Children to Celebrate Juneteenth
Juneteenth marks the day that word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached enslaved black people in Texas, two years and six months after President Abraham Lincoln ordered it.
What Young Children Need to Become Good Readers
What Young Children Need to Become Good Readers It's not just about what kids learn in school.
How Strong Early Literacy Skills Can Help Kids Learn to Read
A growing number of states, cities, and districts are now requiring schools to teach phonics. In other words, to teach kids how to read. That’s welcome news for a country that’s suffered from dismal reading outcomes for decades and now also contends with persistent COVID-19-wrought learning losses. For too long, showing young children the basic connections between the sounds in speech and the letters that represent them in print was not granted the primacy it deserved.
West Ham in advanced talks to sign Lucas Paqueta after submitting a £33.7m bid for Lyon midfielder
West Ham have submitted a £33.7m bid for Lyon midfielder Lucas Paqueta. The Hammers are holding talks with the 25-year-old in London today ahead of a proposed move. Paqueta has been heavily linked with a move away from Lyon this summer and has also been targeted by Arsenal. He would become West Ham’s eighth new signing of the summer but only the second addition to their midfield after Flynn Downes.
Stillwater brings new golf course to St. Johns County
Share this @internewscast.com FacebookTwitterRedditPinterest The 55 and up community on County Road 210 in St. Johns County will open tee times for public play this summer. ST JOHNS, Fla. — Stillwater runs deep along County Road 210 in St. Johns County. A massive parcel of land just west of South Hampton, east of Longleaf Pine Parkway. It’s all set for 549 homesites, in land that runs from 210 and butts up against Creekside High School, which is visible from some of the golf holes.
Catalytic Converter Thieves Tried to Shoot Me! They Shot My Cat! I Know There Names. – Scioto County Daily News - Internewscast
Share this @internewscast.com FacebookTwitterRedditPinterest I have a story that you may be interested in. I’m not sure that the Portsmouth Police Department is going to do anything to help me. I have a property in Franklin Furnace. There has been a recent rash of converter thefts. I know exactly who’s doing it! We caught one of them with my van jacked up trying to cut the converter off 2 weeks ago.
Biden's Student Loan Bailout Adds Insult to Working-class Injury
Share this @internewscast.com FacebookTwitterRedditPinterest President Joe Biden is set to announce student loan forgiveness of $10,000 — and perhaps more — for lower-income debtors on Wednesday, in a move that is unconstitutional, unfair, and dangerous for the stability of our economy and our democracy. There is no doubt that some borrowers would benefit from student loan relief — especially young people, low earners, borrowers in the black community.
Author Maya Payne Smart on literacy guide for parents
Author, educator and literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss her new book, “Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six.” She discusses how reading disparities start long before kids arrive at school and offers tips for parents to help prepare children for literacy success.
Teen charged with armed robbery in West Loop
Share this @internewscast.com FacebookTwitterRedditPinterest CHICAGO (CBS) – A 17-year-old boy is charged after robbing a retail store in West Loop Tuesday. The teen is charged with one felony count of robbery – armed with a firearm. He was identified as one of the offenders who, moments earlier, in the 1000 block of West Jackson Boulevard, entered a retail store and took merchandise while armed with a firearm. The teen was arrested in the 4400 block of West Jackson Boulevard in West Garfield Park.
Germany tightens COVID rules for travel during fall, winter
Share this @internewscast.com FacebookTwitterRedditPinterest BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet approved legislation Wednesday that ensures basic protective measures against the coronavirus pandemic are continued during the fall and winter when more virus cases are expected.
A Florida postal carrier is dead after she was mauled by 5 dogs
Share this @internewscast.com FacebookTwitterRedditPinterest A U.S. Postal Service carrier who was attacked by five dogs in Putnam County, Florida, has died, a sheriff’s official said. Pamela Jane Rock, 61, died at a hospital Monday night, the day after the vicious attack, which a neighbor tried to stop by firing into the air, sheriff’s Col. Joseph Wells said Tuesday at a news conference.
Spotter Taps Marketing Veteran Galvea Kelly as First CMO for YouTube Video-Monetization Startup
Watchman, a start-up that pays YouTube makers cash money for the right to monetize their video clip collections, employed Galvea Kelly as its very first principal marketing policeman. Kelly most just recently worked as CMO for Collective, an on the internet attendant back-office system for independent employees in the united state.
On the Podcast: Simran Jeet Singh, Maya Payne Smart, and Satya Doyle Byock
On the Podcast: Simran Jeet Singh, Maya Payne Smart, and Satya Doyle Byock In this episode, meet executive director for the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program Simran Jeet Singh, author of The Light We Give, parent educator and literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart, author of Reading for Our Lives, and psychotherapist and the director of The Salome Institute of Jungian Studies Satya Doyle Byock, author of Quarterlife.
Deborah Farmer Kris Shares Go-To Parenting Mantras to End Meltdowns
Maya Smart: I'm so excited to be here today with Deborah Farmer Kris, who has worn many hats as a mother, a writer, a parent educator, a teacher, a school administrator, and much more. Can you tell us a bit just about your journey into writing and parent education and also children's literature now? Deborah Farmer Kris: I had my first child in 2011 and I began to realize that as much as I just adore working with kids, and I still do—I was trained as an educator—and parenting was still really hard.
Covid-Era Babies Are "Talking" Less, Signaling Future Reading Challenges
We know the pandemic has had a serious negative impact on the academic achievement of school-age children. But recent evidence shows we also need to worry about Covid-era babies and toddlers. Because of Covid-related disruptions, about a third of early elementary students will likely need intensive support to become proficient readers, according to one study. Now two additional studies suggest that many children born during the pandemic will also be at risk for academic failure.
The Little Known History of Texas’ Underground Railroad
Hundreds of Underground Railroad historical markers span the United States, conjuring images of covert escape routes, shrewd conductors, and clandestine connections. Such high-stakes adventure tales grip the American imagination, inspiring books and movies about antebellum liberty pursued and denied, borders permeated and fortified, identities shed and remade. But Texas is seldom mentioned in this sweeping narrative of Black pursuits of freedom.
Some Candid Talk for Kids About Black Hair | Kirkus Reviews
Outspoken self-help author Nancy Redd is known for her tell-it-like-it-is candor on topics ranging from puberty and diet culture to miscarriage and postpartum depression. In her picture-book debut, Bedtime Bonnet (Random House, April 7), illustrated by Nneka Myers, she turns her attention to a seemingly lighter topic, but don’t let the adorable images and delightful plot twists fool you.
Notice and Savor The Illustrations in Picture Books
I read picture books to my daughter for nearly five years before I gained a deep appreciation for the form. Sure, I read them daily and with enthusiasm (mostly). But I read them the same way I would read a chapter book or an illustrated dictionary. That is, I read them as if the pictures were servant to the text, secondary and utilitarian. If I referenced a picture at all, it was to capture Zora’s attention with quick questions like: What color is her shirt? or How many ducks do you see?
Is Voting for Women The New Self Help?
Convincing American women to transform workplaces by voting in family-friendly laws involves no small amount of cajoling—and for good reason. Even after decades of feminist manifestos and women’s empowerment tomes (or perhaps partly because of them), it can feel like an admission of deficiency to clamor for a new world order, like you aren’t Oprah or Hillary or Sheryl enough to win in a man’s world. That’s why personal growth books like Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” are so seductive.
On Monochromatic Reading Lists
Scanning through my Twitter feed recently, I came across a Time.com message touting 35 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime. List lover that I am, I dove in, eager to refresh my to-be-read pile. Instead, I found the same old, same old: an overwhelmingly white and male list. It featured just three women authors — Harper Lee, Margaret Atwoood, L.M. Montgomery. Haruki Murakami was the lone person of color.
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Don’t find yourself as a client suddenly “fired” by your freelancer. Sometimes, the customer isn’t… Sometimes as the client isn't always right Although management and leadership are complementary, they are, by no means, the same thing.
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