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Natalie Wexler once said that parents are the sleeping giants in this reading science movement. The parents in Minneapolis Public Schools are awake and ready! They are passionate, informed advocates who developed a coalition of families willing to speak out and say, “Our kids deserve access to structured literacy. Less than 50% of students read at grade level.” Thus, the MPS Academics Advocacy Group was born. Recently, the superintendent of schools, a proponent of balanced literacy approaches, almost lost his job over the state of literacy in Minneapolis. Read more about it and watch it here.
However, the article that caught our attention was posted in The 74, titled A New Kind of Curriculum Night: Armed With Protest Signs and Data, Diverse Group of Minneapolis Parents Demands Better Reading Instruction for Their Kids. Listen to learn about what’s happening in the Minneapolis Public School system for students and families.
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Ep. 90: Part 1: Improving Reading for Older Students with David Liben
Ep. 89: Australian Teacher Lays the Foundations with Reading Science
Ep. 88: Complex Texts in the Classroom
Ep. 87: "I'm a Kindergarten Teacher, and the Way I've Been Teaching Reading is Wrong"
Ep. 86: Getting Districts and Teacher Prep on the Same Page
Ep. 85: Connecting Educators Across the World
Ep. 84: The Truth About Reading Documentary Team - BACK AGAIN!
Ep. 83: Special Educator Discusses High Quality Instructional Materials in the Special Education Classroom
Ep. 82: Minneapolis Public School Parents: Accepting Nothing Less Than Evidence-Based Reading in Schools
Ep. 81: Thinking About Reading as Mirrors and Windows
Ep. 80: A Primary Teacher's Perspective on Science of Reading, Small Group Instruction, and Sound Walls
Ep. 79: What Does Equitable ELA Instruction Require?
Ep. 78: Fourth Grade Teacher Applies the Science of Reading by Building Knowledge
Ep. 77: Setting the Standard for Success with author Morgan Polikoff
Ep. 76: Knowledge Building for Reading Success in Skaneateles School District
Ep. 75: How Do Language Variants Impact Teaching Reading to African American Students?
Ep. 74: Dyslexia and Reading Science: A Parent Advocate's Perspective
Ep. 73: Bring Back the Joy of Schooling - Start by Noticing!
Ep. 72: Rethinking and Unlearning What We Know about Literacy
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