Glean Education & OSPI Partnership
Expert Webinar Series
FREE expert webinar series presented in partnership between Glean Education and Washington State OSPI featuring nationally recognized researchers on topics related to Structured Literacy within an MTSS Framework. To learn more about the series and register for upcoming events, click the link below.
On-Demand Courses
From September 2022 - June 2023, Washington State OSPI is funding access to Glean's course bundle of five on-demand courses on dyslexia, Structured Literacy, Intensifying Instruction, Reading Fluency, and Serving Students with Dyslexia for School Psychologists for state stakeholders.
If you are a Washington State educator or have an affiliation to a Washington State School District, click the button below.
Emily Hanford Podcast: Sold a Story
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.
The Right To Read Project
A group of teachers, researchers, and activists lead by Margaret Goldberg and Kenni Alden, committed to the pursuit of equity through literacy. Visit their website, righttoreadproject.com, for resources and powerful commentary on the science of reading and teaching.
Read their most recent post, The ABC's of Teaching Reading at Home, filled with resources for anyone tackling the challenge of teaching reading at home during the COVID19 pandemic.
Emily Hanford's Reporting
A false assumption about what it takes to be a skilled reader has created deep inequalities among U.S. children, putting many on a difficult path in life.
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.
Experts say widely used reading curriculum is failing kids
A first of its kind review finds Lucy Calkins' materials don't align with the science of reading.
Why aren't kids being taught to read?
Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.
You can find all of Emily's education reporting at APMreports.org.
Katherine Long's Reporting
About a dozen Pennsylvania school districts are teaching their youngest students how to read using a new understanding of the way the brain learns to read.
A new bill requires districts to screen children for signs of dyslexia. It will usher in major changes in the way all kids are taught.
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