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Former Milwaukee Public Schools principal Anthony Pedriana writes:
I discovered a fundamental disconnect between what the research
recommended, and what normally happened in classrooms. When it came to
meeting the needs of at-risk children, mixed messages seemed to abound.
I decided to conduct my own
exploration into the matter in the hope of discovering a coherent
message about which all reading practitioners might unite.
Click here to visit Anthony Pedriana's website
Click here to read more about the Eides' theory for the positive potential of dyslexia.
;)
Philip Schultz, Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, has written a memoir about discovering his dyslexia. Click here for purchase information.
Video
NEW: State Superintendent Tony Evers interviewed by Wisconsin Public Television, "Here and Now" on the Report of the Read to Lead task force, January 6, 2012
Cheryl Ward, President of the Wisconsin Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, provides information on dyslexia in an interview on Madison's WKOW television station, October 1, 2011.
Education is Fundamental series presented by Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
March, 2011Archived Video Available
Diane Ravitch: The Future of Public Education
Panel Discussion: Getting to A+: Wisconsin's Educational Challenges
Daniel Nerad, Michael Thompson, Joan Wade
Moderator: UW-Madison School of Education Dean Julie Underwood
Adam Gamoran: Educational Inequality in the Aftermath of No Child Left Behind
The Today Show ran a segment on November 2, 2010 debunking the claims of the video/flashcard product "Your Baby Can Read." NBC reporters talked with ten national reading experts from institutions such as Harvard, Tufts, New York University, and Yale, all of whom disputed the claims of this product. The developer, Dr. Robert Titzer, claims "They're all wrong." Dr. Nonie Lesaux, child development expert at the Harvard University
Graduate School of Education: “They memorize what’s on those cue cards …
It’s not reading.” Dr. Maryanne Wolf, director of cognitive neuroscience at Tufts University: “It’s an extraordinary manipulation of facts." Dr. Karen Hopkins, developmental pediatrician at New York University's Langone Medical Center: “I think it’s misleading. I think it’s false, and I think it raises
false expectations." Click here to view the Today Show segment
Video: Reading Crisis In Wisconsin
Sally Grimes presents The Cliff's Notes to Reading
March 14, 2010
Pyle Center - Madison, WI
Click here to watch the video
Filmmaker Bob Bowdon was interviewed on MSNBC's Morning Joe on April 27, 2010. The topic of discussion is Bowdon's documentary, The Cartel, which explores "what dedicated parents, committed teachers,
clear-eyed officials, and tireless reformers are doing to make our
schools better for our kids."
May 21, 2010 press conference announcing the results of the 2009 Trial Urban District reading test.
Measuring What Matters:
Holding Teacher Preparation Programs Accountable for Results
Center for American Progress
Thursday, July 29, 2010 web conference on video archive
Radio/Audio
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NEW: Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse: Newsmakers, Guests Tony Pedriana, Rob Tyvoll, Governor Scott Walker, and James Kuchta discuss the report of the Read to Lead task force; January 11, 2012Wisconsin Public Radio: The Joy Cardin Show: Guest Philip Schultz; September 8, 2011, 8 AM National Public Radio: Talk of the Nation: Guest Philip Schultz; September 6, 2011Wisconsin Public Radio: The Joy Cardin Show: Guest Anthony Pedriana; May 26, 2011, 7-8 AM Wisconsin Public Radio: To the Best of Our Knowledge: How We Learn, Segment 2: Guest Maryanne Wolf discusses the gift of dyslexia, and Rick Riordan discusses his series of children's books featuring the dyslexic demigod Percy Jackson; April 25, 2010
Wisconsin Public Radio: At Issue with Ben Merens; Guests Mary Newton and Cheryl Ward; March 11, 2010
Wisconsin Public Radio: At Issue with Ben Merens: Guests Steven Dykstra and Cheryl Ward; October 19, 2009
Wisconsin Pubic Radio: Kathleen Dunn; Guests Sara Pace and Cheryl Ward; October 20, 2008Archived Straight Talk Chats from the Institute for Literacy and Learning including:
Dr. Anita Archer: Assisting Struggling Readers in Intermediate and Middle School Grades
Dr. Louisa Moats: Improving Teacher Education in Reading and Language: How Do We Get this Battleship to Turn?
Dr. Joe Torgesen: Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children: Lessons from Successful Schools
Dr. Timothy Shanahan: Differentiation of Reading Instruction
Dr. Patricia Mathes: Taking Effective Intervention to Scale
Dr. Lucy Hart Paulson: Building Early Literacy and Language Skills: Critical First Steps
Dr. Deb Glasner: Planing Professional Development for Positive Reading Success and Growth
Dr. Rollanda O'Connor: Teaching Older Poor Readers to Read Words
Dr. Jan Hasbrouck: Using Assessment Data for RTI Decisions
Dr. Sharon Vaughn: Teaching Older Students with Reading Difficulties
Dr. Randy Sprick: Introduction to School-wide and Classroom Discipline: Getting the year Off to a Great Start
Dr. Ed: RTI: What's Working?
Dr. Louisa Moats: Teaching Those Who Teach Reading: How We Develop Expertise
Dr. Joe Torgesen: Interventions for Struggling Adolescent Readers
Dr. Barbara Foorman: Early Interventions for Struggling Readers
Dr. Marilyn Jager Adams: Soliloquy Learning Reading Assistant
Dr. Jan Hasbrouck: Collaborative Coaching
Newspaper and JournalsNEW: MPS wins special-needs education lawsuit, JSOnline, February 3, 2012
NEW: Proposal gets serious about raising the bar for student achievement, JSOnline, January 29, 2012
NEW: Nonprofit sues UW for access to education school syllabi, JSOnline, January 26, 2012
NEW: Walker says education plans are coalescing, JSOnline, January 19, 2012
NEW: Evers statement on legislative proposals on education announced today, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, January 19, 2012Local officials welcome state reading proposals, Waunakee Tribune e-news, January 11, 2012
Support state reading initiative, Madison.com, January 9, 2012
Teacher training could be the key to reading achievement in Wisconsin schools, JSOnline, January 7, 2012
A Literate Nation for 2012, Patricia Mathes in Huff Post, January 5, 2012
Early literacy screening sought to improve reading, JSOnline, January 4, 2012
Walker, Evers outline plans to improve reading achievement, JSOnline, January 4, 2012
MPS scores near bottom in national test, JSOnline, December 7, 2011
We should be outraged over test scores, JSOnline, November 21, 2011
Milwaukee Succeeds announces first financial commitment, first goal, JSOnline, November 16, 2011
Game-changing steps needed to improve reading, JS Online, November 5, 2011
Wisconsin's black students show slight improvement, JS Online, November 1, 2011 It takes a village to help make gains in reading, JSOnline, October 29, 2011
Words Failed, Then Saved Me, Philip Schultz, NY TImes, September 3, 2011
Failure requires legislative solution, JSOnline, September 3, 2011
Research favors phonics method, JSOnline, September 3, 2011
Op-ed writer got it right, JSOnline, September 2, 1002
No single method works for all kids, JSOnline, September 2, 2011 (While we disagree with this writer, this letter is a good example of the arguments made against science-based instruction.)
Task force must address critical issue, JSOnline, August 29, 2011
Science can lead to better readers, Marcia Henry in JSOnline, August 27, 2011
Where GOP stands in war on triangle, JSOnline, August 27, 2011
Reading program plans questioned, JSOnline, August 23, 2011
States Target Early Years to Reach 3rd Grade Reading Goals, Educational Week, June 29, 2011
Matching workforce to jobs, JSOnline, June 11, 2011
5 reasons to believe progress is being made to address reading crisis, JSOnline, June 11, 2011
Priority should be kids' reading, not politics, JSOnline, May 24, 2011
Reading: Wisconsin not doing well, JSOnline, April 13, 2011
Reading instruction focus of task force, JSOnline, April 9, 2011Let's talk about reading instruction, JSOnline, February 1, 2011
Wisconsin's academic luster fading, JSOnline, December 25, 2010
Teachers; Better preparation in other countries, JSOnline, December 17, 2010
MPS' failure to properly use data, JSOnline, November 27, 2010
State could learn a thing or two from Florida's school grading system, JSOnline, November 28, 2010
Building a better teacher, JSOnline, November 27, 2010
Schools taking the wrong approach, JSOnline, November 23, 2010
Hold school administrators accountable, JSOnline, November 16, 2010
Editorial: Marked Improvement; A majority of the students participating in the Summer Reading Project improved. Expand the program.JSOnline, November 1, 2010
Literacy Green Bay, Literacy Partners of Kewaunee County respond to clients' changing needs, GreenBayPressGazette.com, October 6, 2010
Now is the time for education reform, LaCrosseTribune.com, September 10, 2010
MPS takes few special ed steps, report says; Court-ordered overseer slams district for 'very troubling start'; JSOnline, July 29, 2010
State education policy, like kudzu, is overgrown, JSOnline, July 3, 2010
Thornton tours schools, oversees text purchase: JSOnline, July 1, 2010
Incoming MPS Superintendent Thornton delays vote on textbooks: JSOnline, June 9, 2010
Perky reading textbooks! An MPS culture shift may be afoot: JSOnline, June 5, 2010
MPS, Reading Debate: JSOnline, June 4, 2010
Reading, There are programs that help children: JSOnline, May 27, 2010
Wisconsin schools commit to Common Core State Standards: JSOnline, June 3, 2010
MPS literacy plan gets tentative approval from state: JSOnline, May 27, 2010
The Teachers' Unions' Last Stand: The New York Times, May 17, 2010
With future of MPS, glass is half-full, if only barely: JSOnline, May 22, 2010
New reading results put MPS near bottom among urban districts: JSOnline, May 20, 2010
How do phonics critics explain test results?: JSOnline, May 2, 2010
School libraries critical to success: JSOnline, April 28, 2010
Chalkboard: Good or bad, reading scores predict future; The Cap Times, April 29, 2010
Don't we get it? Reading is fundamental: JS Online, April 25, 2010
Learning to read: Genes play biggest role, but teachers matter, study says: MercuryNews.com, April 22, 2010
Failing schools bill goes to Doyle: JS Online, April 22, 2010
Will uniform MPS reading textbooks make a difference?: JS Online, April 17, 2010
Senate OKs bill on failing schools JS Online, April 15, 2010
Bill would give state superintendent authority to make fixes JS Online, April 13, 2010
Doyle, lawmakers take new school reform approach, Wisconsin State Journal. April 12, 2010
State schools chief may get more power JS Online, April 11, 2010
Anthony Pedriana: Teach reading the science-backed way: Wisconsin State Journal, April 6, 2010
Progress report cites MPS' resistance to state's improvement efforts; JS Online, March 30, 2010
No more excuses; Focus on reading: JS Online, March 27, 2010
Reading test scores are terrible, but let's not write black kids off: JS Online, March 27, 2010
Let's roll up our sleeves and teacher kids to read; JS Online, March 26, 2010
State's black fourth-graders post worst reading scores in U.S.: JS Online; March 25, 2010
Teachers group pushes back against proposed dyslexia testing mandate; The Cap Times; February 19, 2010
The difficulty of diagnosing dyslexia: Isthmus; November 19, 2009 Blogs and Twitter Accounts, Online NewslettersCapitol Conversation on reading reform with UW-Madison psychology professor Mark Seidenberg Eduphilia/Chan Stroman
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