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Long term this will do more to raise precious reading scores than spending any money trying to validate 30 year old models of literacy that really sho

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Long term this will do more to raise precious reading scores than spending any money trying to validate 30 year old models of literacy that really should never come near a classroom. #literacies

The results would be just as insignificant of many of tRfU "developmental studies" that spent 120 million in tax dollars, but at least the dollars get

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The results would be just as insignificant of many of tRfU "developmental studies" that spent 120 million in tax dollars, but at least the dollars get poured back into the communities we want to help. Jobs = education #literacies

So what if a 100 art organizations in specific zones of marginalized communities got 1.2 million for a program cosponsored with schools to improve rea

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So what if a 100 art organizations in specific zones of marginalized communities got 1.2 million for a program cosponsored with schools to improve reading comprehension? #literacies

Imagine one hundred 1.2 million dollar grants rather that just six grants.... Literally that much money went to just six teams....this kind of exclusi

Imagine one hundred 1.2 million dollar grants rather that just six grants.... Literally that much money went to just six teams....this kind of exclusionary investment reinforces systemic racism...#literacies

This is why I like programs more on the lines of #GearUpWorks, especially as we take the covid-19 crisis and realize our cities must become our k12 ca

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This is why I like programs more on the lines of #GearUpWorks, especially as we take the covid-19 crisis and realize our cities must become our k12 campuses, schools long a tool of racist violence and assimilation #literacies

Just think about travel included in each of these grants, 10Ks of dollars and our kids went into covid-19 disconnected and without devices. We need to

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Just think about travel included in each of these grants, 10Ks of dollars and our kids went into covid-19 disconnected and without devices. We need to recenter educational and #literacies research in marginalized communities.

SVR lines up perfectly with STM "simple transportation models have an engine on one factor called "combustion" and everything else factor called "kine

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SVR lines up perfectly with STM "simple transportation models have an engine on one factor called "combustion" and everything else factor called "kinetic understanding" explains 90% of variance in movement performance #literacies

still spending federal tax $$ to validate SVR models??? #literacies like for real.. anyone be surprised about internal consistency of phonics measures

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still spending federal tax $$ to validate SVR models??? #literacies like for real.. anyone be surprised about internal consistency of phonics measures and dumping every other variable into factor called listening comprehension?

Who "reaped the rewards" of this 120 investment which was part of the Obama stimulus packages? Students of color? Communities of color? ....Did the co

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Who "reaped the rewards" of this 120 investment which was part of the Obama stimulus packages? Students of color? Communities of color? ....Did the conference budget go to teachers or to PhD students to live swank resort life? #literacies

"Reaping the Rewards of Reading for Understanding" apropos title summarizing grant. $120 million in fed money, What if went to schools that teach IBPO

"Reaping the Rewards of Reading for Understanding" apropos title summarizing grant. $120 million in fed money, What if went to schools that teach IBPOC children rather than research universities that study them #literacies https://naeducation.org/reaping-the-rewards-of-reading-for-understanding-initiative/

Morgan, wow the cadence in this line, "Hot lead flying, grenades exploding, your brother is dying" #edu407 great job writing documentary poetry.

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Morgan, wow the cadence in this line, "Hot lead flying, grenades exploding, your brother is dying" #edu407 great job writing documentary poetry.

Hey #edu407 #literacies class here is a quick video on how you make Zines to learn vocabulary: https://jgregorymcverry,com/videos/ZinesandVocab.mp4

Hey #edu407 #literacies class here is a quick video on how you make Zines to learn vocabulary: https://jgregorymcverry,com/videos/ZinesandVocab.mp4

@booktoss Well if you wanna hang and just talk shop teaching a 5 week intensive literacy class for grade 3-6. Promised them no powerpoints. I love jus

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@booktoss Well if you wanna hang and just talk shop teaching a 5 week intensive literacy class for grade 3-6. Promised them no powerpoints. I love just doing expert convos instead.

Cool looks like they got a publication out of the work: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1235193.pdf well if you wanna make a zine gonna do a live

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Cool looks like they got a publication out of the work: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1235193.pdf well if you wanna make a zine gonna do a live stream now

It was Barbara Gazzetti, Katina Zammitt, Betsy Baker and a crew of fun discussants, wow I miss hanging with those folks. Hopefully one outcome of this

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It was Barbara Gazzetti, Katina Zammitt, Betsy Baker and a crew of fun discussants, wow I miss hanging with those folks. Hopefully one outcome of this horrible pandemic is a rethinking of the inequity built into academic conferences

@booktoss hmm...who organized all the sessions on exploring definitions of maleness in Zine culture...Haven't been to LRA in a hot minute but I swore

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@booktoss hmm...who organized all the sessions on exploring definitions of maleness in Zine culture...Haven't been to LRA in a hot minute but I swore it was you,,,,uggh memory going

@DocDre I have been dwelling on this as kind of a mielstone...when does the tyranny of reaching a word count evolve into the tyranny of syaing under t

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@DocDre I have been dwelling on this as kind of a mielstone...when does the tyranny of reaching a word count evolve into the tyranny of syaing under the word count occur? That is when you have officially become a writer

English, as a subject for example, only exists because Governors though their children were going "too native" in India and needed training in the Que

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English, as a subject for example, only exists because Governors though their children were going "too native" in India and needed training in the Queen's tongue and reminder of Western greatness.....

@booktoss are you around at all to talk Zines? I miss our sessions at LRA on Zines every year....doing a quick pop up class for my students on using z

@booktoss are you around at all to talk Zines? I miss our sessions at LRA on Zines every year....doing a quick pop up class for my students on using zines in the classroom.

@ilana_horn Folks always think schools designed for some Deweyian egalitarian utopia but ask BIPOC communities(and read history) really k12 schools go

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@ilana_horn Folks always think schools designed for some Deweyian egalitarian utopia but ask BIPOC communities(and read history) really k12 schools got invented as effective tools of inhumane racist violence and assimilation.