The Acacia Center is a nonprofit organization that provides reading, writing, speech, and math inter
The Acacia Center is a nonprofit center providing support services in the form of tutoring, educational advocacy, consulting, family coaching, and diagnostic assessment for adult literacy and families with children who are English Language Learners, internationally adopted, dyslexic, or at-risk readers and writers.
01/08/2023
Is Emily Hanford right? | Shanahan on Literacy This blog entry explains why Emily Hanford's reporting on beginning reading instruction is more consistent with the research than are the criticism of that reporting.
10/23/2022
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sold-a-story/id1649580473?i=1000582437955
Encourage everyone who is interested in why we have a literacy crisis in this country to take some time and listen to this important podcast.
Sold a Story on Apple Podcasts Society & Culture · 2022
02/07/2022
The Dyslexia Dilemma: A History of Ignorance, Complacency and Resistance in Colleges of Education | Insight Medical Publishing The Dyslexia Dilemma: A History of Ignorance, Complacency and Resistance in Colleges of Education, David P Hurford, Jeremy D Hurford, Kimberly L Head, Mich
01/07/2022
Influential authors Fountas and Pinnell stand behind disproven reading theory The education professors double down on a flawed approach that encourages pictures and context to read words. Heinemann — their publisher — faces harsh criticism.
12/02/2021
Very interesting read....
Tipping The Scale on Fountas & Pinnell Fountas and Pinnell, as well as other balanced literacy programs, places a great deal of emphasis on this guided approach to reading and group work because, fundamentally, they see reading as a social activity, rather than an individual’s ability to decode text, something that happens in the confi...
10/21/2021
7 common myths about dyslexia When it comes to dyslexia, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. Here are seven common dyslexia myths, debunked.
10/01/2021
The Truth About Reading (2022) Teaser Learn more and join the movement at: https://thetruthaboutreading.com/John Corcoran FoundationDNA Films
08/10/2021
WARNING: Large university is now testing HEROES curriculum on students with reading disabilities - perhaps conducting this experimental research on children without parental
approval.
They define HEROES as "structured literacy," the method IDA recommends for children with reading difficulties, but the curriculum is missing critical elements and principles of
Structured Literacy. It is NOT Structured Literacy.
Parents - Ask your district if your child is a part of these experiments. Know the facts!
07/11/2021
Who will be the first civilian in space? A dyslexic of course—Sir Richard Branson. - Yale Dyslexia Who will be the first civilian in space? A dyslexic of course—Sir Richard Branson. On Sunday, Sir Richard …