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@ReadingShanahan This blog begins with a 4th grade teacher’s question of, “What can I do?” Yet, the article merely outlines challenges beyond a classroom teacher’s control. Rather than acknowledge the problems, why not meet the teacher’s request for practical help with practical action steps?
@ReadingShanahan This blog refers to a paper that merits wide readership. The "decoding threshold hypothesis" suggests that the simple view of reading needs adjustment for lower-levels of decoding; students above the threshold progress, while those below do not: bit.ly/3N5kwi7 ($)
@ReadingShanahan Yes to all this! Plus consider my kid’s attendance was down this year, not because he didn’t have transportation or because he/we don’t value education, but because in the “aftermath” he had freaking COVID and the catch-every-germ aftereffect. But let’s not address that elephant.