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Amy W Pento

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Instructional Specialist, Spanish teacher, CAS holder, news junkie, SU fan, dabbler in cognitive psychology, wife, mom o' 2. Sleep matters; start school later.
Joined March 2009
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Amy W Pento @amypento
Been calling this education malpractice for years. Nick Gibb got a big round of applause at ResearchED Toronto when he said England made it's schools of education reapply for accreditation after they brought the Science of Learning expectations.
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"Educational malpractice." 🚨

That's how @HeatherPeske of @NCTQ describes colleges of education that still don't teach the science of reading.

And she's right. When a teacher prep program skips the science of reading, it fails twice:

❌ It fails the teacher, who never learns how to teach the most basic building block of a child's education.

❌ It fails every child who ends up in that teacher's classroom.

Then Ron Noble Jr. said the part that should make everyone furious:

πŸ“ Your child's chance of learning to read depends on their ZIP code.

States with strong literacy laws are pulling ahead. A child in Alabama or Ohio has a better shot at reading than a child in New York or California.

Reading shouldn't depend on where you live. It's a right, not luck. πŸ“š

If this makes you mad, good. Channel it. Join us.

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@FulcrumLiteracy @KJWinEducation
#ScienceOfReading #LiteracyIsACivilRight #ReadingJustice #TeacherPrep #LiteracyNowTogether #ParentsForReadingJustice
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Amy W Pento @amypento
We’ve lost our damn minds
FHP @Hipforhat Oct 21
@DTedifies @tombennett71 πŸ’― y11 daughter in tears last night as whole chemistry set had to move rooms as couldn’t remove one disruptive pupil and a maths teacher who just puts a timer on board when class won’t focus and….just waits. Hours of learning time lost. She feels desperate and can’t do anything
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