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US Science Is Being Wrecked, and Its Leadership Is Fighting the Last War
Donald Trump · United States

US Science Is Being Wrecked, and Its Leadership Is Fighting the Last War

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Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.See the Story
The “Science of” Movements: Another Education Reform Red Herring
Education Reforms · New York

The “Science of” Movements: Another Education Reform Red Herring

[Header image misocrazy from New York, NY, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons] “Red herring” perfectly describes the bulk of education reform in the US since the Reagan administration because thosee reforms have been based on false claims to distract from needed social and educational reform in the interests of students, teachers, and public … Continue reading The “Science of” Movements: Another Educatio…Read Article
NEW: Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts

NEW: Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts

Thomas, P.L. (2025). Haruki Murakami’s 7 stories: “It’s quite easy to become Men Without Women.” In J. Milburn (ed.), Haruki Murakami and philosophical concepts (pp. 65-72). Palgrave.Read Article

Poem: i hate the rain

i hate the rainespecially in summer i hate the rainespecially in winter i sit in the carwaiting in the parking lot for a spring storm to passlistening to songs about indiana i hate the rainbut i love the promises of all these showersmaybe we’ll survive this we are … Continue reading Poem: i hate the rain →Indiana, United States · IndianaRead Article

Buyer’s Remorse: Reading Story Sold Manufactured Crisis, Fake Miracles

[Header Photo by Alejandra Rodríguez on Unsplash] I began my teaching career in 1984, coinciding with the current era of high-stakes accountability driving education reform in the wake of A Nation at Risk. One of my favorite units as a teacher of American literature to tenth and eleventh graders in the rural South was the … Continue reading Buyer’s Remorse: Reading Story Sold Manufactured Crisis, Fake Miracles →Education Reforms · South CarolinaRead Article

NEW: Navigating (another) reading crisis as an administrator: Rethinking the “science of reading” movement (JSARD)

Thomas, P.L. (TBD). Navigating (another) reading crisis as an administrator: Rethinking the “science of reading” movement. Journal of School Administration, Research and Development. https://ojed.org/JSARD/article/view/6706 Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025): Spring IssueScienceRead Article

The Science of Ideology: What Is Really Wrong with Education?

Responding to the symposium question “What Shall We Do about Reading Today?” Emmett A. Betts, professor of Education at Pennsylvania State College, opened the first article in a professional journal for elementary education with a broad claim: In a democracy, the people get the kind of schools they … Continue reading The Science of Ideology: What Is Really Wrong with Education? →Pennsylvania · PennsylvaniaRead Article

Court Dismisses Reading Lawsuit Against Lucy Calkins, Other 'Balanced Literacy' Proponents

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Parents alleged the reading materials had been fraudulently marketed, but a federal court declined to adjudicate the research behind the programs.Cryptocurrency ExchangeSee the Story

Poem: we lost everything

we lost everythingevery thingeverything that matteredthe dripping faucetran the reservoir dryhe told ustalking metaphoricallyand then the rains cameand the floodingwe could barely keep heads above waterhe told ustalking literallythe washed awaywas gone forevergreat ashen heapsof splintered rotbut the children couldn’tbelieve these storiescracked lips bleedingwasteland as far as they…Read Article

Recommended: NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Elena Aydarova About Reading Instruction

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Elena Aydarova About Reading Instruction NEPC Resources on Reading InstructionRead Article

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NCTE Annual Conference 2025 – Denver CO Presentation Recovering Our Reading Dream from a Long Crisis Nightmare            In 1961, Jacques Barzun in Tomorrow’s Illiterates declared “illiteracy is still with us.” Charles Child Walcutt added: “[N]o further ‘research’ into methods of reading instruction is necessary.” This session examines reading crisis/reform cycles to reconsider the stories told … Continue reading Schedule: Fall/ Winter/ Spring …Denver, Colorado · DenverRead Article

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