#’Expert’ idiocy on teaching kids to read is beyond comprehension

Admin4 years ago08 mins

“‘Expert’ idiocy on teaching kids to read is beyond comprehension” Every teacher of struggling readers has experienced the moment when a student says, “I read it, but I didn’t get it.” It can be a bewildering experience. Why don’t they get it? For several decades, elementary schools in New York City and across the country…

#NYC students struggle to get the reading help they need

Admin4 years ago010 mins

“NYC students struggle to get the reading help they need” Families and their advocates across New York City are sounding the alarm that schools have fallen short of preparing all students to learn how to read. As of Monday, 70 organizations had signed onto a “Call to Collective Action,” pledging to fight for science-backed reading…

#Indonesian library creates literacy from litter

Admin5 years ago05 mins

“#Indonesian library creates literacy from litter” PURBALINGGA, Indonesia — A librarian in Indonesia’s Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more. Each weekday Raden Roro Hendarti rides her three wheeler with books stacked up…

#The left has perfected the art of gaslighting in the culture wars

Admin5 years ago08 mins

“#The left has perfected the art of gaslighting in the culture wars” The recent Dr. Seuss kerfuffle is a valuable case study in the classic four-step method by which the left conducts itself in the American culture wars. It goes like this: First, someone on the left stages a provocative assault on a cultural artifact…