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Everything You Know is Wrong: Reading Edition
Originally published August 23, 2023. Republished with permission by Paul Thomas, author of the blog Radical Scholarship. https://radicalscholarship.com/2023/08/23/everything-you-know-is-wrong-reading-edition/ As a teenager in the 1970s, I was turned on to The Firesign Theater, and in those
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Leslee Valencia
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! What is your favorite thing about Reading Recovery? If I had to pick one
Data Dives with IDEC: Delving Deeper into Student Growth
By Dr. Kate Nelson and Dr. Susie Mauck In our last post, we explored student growth with Observation Survey (OS) Total Scores for students with an outcome status of Accelerated Progress and Progressed. In
Book Lovers Day: LitCon Keynote Jason Reynolds
Celebrate National Book Lovers Day by watching this interview with LitCon 2024 Keynote Speaker Jason Reynolds, where he joins The View to discuss banned books and how to pass on a loving of reading
Rise to the Challenge: A Message from RRCNA President
By RRCNA President Debra Rich Greetings Reading Recovery Community, What a wonderful time to be a Reading Recovery, Literacy Lessons, Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL), or L'intervention préventive en lecture-écriture (IPLE) Teacher, Teacher Leader, Trainer,
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Celia Victoria
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Celia was able to attend LitCon this year because of a generous financial award
Celebrating Diverse Paths to Literate Lives: The International Reading Recovery Institute
Last week, school was out, but the International Reading Recovery Institute was in! The Institute celebrated diverse paths to literate lives, with Reading Recovery leaders and educators from around the globe sharing their knowledge
The Print, Not the Pictures, Contains the Message
By Laura Ramos & Mary Ann Arellano Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL) is designed for first graders having difficulty learning to read and write in classrooms where literacy instruction is in Spanish. For more
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Patricia Arce-Marin
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Patricia was able to attend LitCon this year because of a generous financial award
What Works Clearinghouse again confirms positive outcomes for Reading Recovery
PRINTABLE VERSION COLUMBUS, OH, JUNE 28, 2023 – The What Works Clearinghouse, an investment of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education, again confirmed the effectiveness of Reading Recovery during
THE JOURNAL OF READING RECOVERY
Spring 2024
Constructing a More Complex Neural Network for Working on Written Language That Learns to Extend Itself by Carol A. Lyons
Reading Recovery IS the Science(s) of Reading and the Art of Teaching by Debra Semm Rich
Predictions of Progress: Charting, Adjusting, and Shaping Individual Lessons by Janice Van Dyke and Melissa Wilde
Teachers Designing for Context: Using Integrity Principles to Design Early Literacy Support in Aotearoa New Zealand by Rebecca Jesson, Judy Aitken, and Yu Liu