7 Ways the Department of Education Supports Your Kids' School If you've ever wondered what the Department of Education does, you're not alone. Here, we break down everything you need to know about who the Department of Education helps, what they actually do, and...

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Republicans are finally leading again on teacher pay in North Carolina | Opinion Republicans are finally leading again on teacher pay in North Carolina | Opinion

“A new bill from Wake County Rep. Erin Paré would raise starting teacher pay to $50,000 …while increasing salaries across the board. The $1.6 billion plan would put North Carolina among the most competitive states in the country for new teachers.”
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Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.

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Learners with disabilities benefit from more complex reading instruction Stanford education scholars Chris Lemons and Lakshmi Balasubramanian share strategies for helping students with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn to read.

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MORPHOLOGY MONDAY!
This week’s word root resource explores the word root DEC = 10. Wait! Why then is December not the 10th month of the year? At one time it actually was – see attached to build knowledge and vocabulary!

Here we go again! Join us for our OFFICIAL Awareness mtg to learn more about bringing @reading_league to NC.

Learn about TRL and what it’s means for NC. Learn about the mission of advancing the awareness, understanding, and use of evidence-aligned reading instruction.

Educational Psychologist Expanding the Science of Reading: Contributions from Educational Psychology. Volume 59, Issue 4 of Educational Psychologist

We are thrilled to announce EP's brand-new Special Issue on the Science of Reading, guest edited by @courtneyhattan.bsky.social & @kendeou.bsky.social! AND for the next month, it's open-access! (1/2) www.tandfonline.com

Expanding the science of reading: contributions from educational psychology The science of reading consists of a large, evolving, and impressive body of evidence about how humans learn to read and how reading should be taught. This body of evidence has accumulated via dive...

Okay, this is a BIG DEAL. A whole special issue on evidencing, critiquing, and expanding the science of reading! Kudos to guest editors @courtneyhattan.bsky.social & @kendeou.bsky.social - check out their amazing intro to the SI!
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Bilingualism Makes the Brain More Efficient Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli ...

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America’s literacy crisis isn’t what you think This is what happens when kids don’t read for pleasure anymore.

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The basic principle is that reviewers are tired, they're rushed, they're reading your and 10 other grants on top of their normal workload.

Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.

Here's a list of my suggestions.