Portals to Learning

11/28/2021

Read what Mark Seidenberg has to say about connecting science and reading. He critiques some leading curriculum materials and points out where they do NOT follow the science of reading.

Fountas and Pinnell have written a series of blog posts defending their popular curriculum, which is being criticized as based on discredited ideas about how children learn to read. (See Emily Hanf…

12/01/2020

Watch this very clear 6 minute explanation of a scientific result.

Phonics is the dominant approach to teaching reading, and for good reason, says Jared Cooney Horvath: neuroscience suggests that it is the more effective pedagogy

12/31/2019

Really worth reading all the links within this critique.

Share This: Volume 8, Issue 4 December 2019 From the Examiner Editorial Board Just before Thanksgiving, Columbia University’s Teachers College Reading & Writing Project posted Lucy Calkins’ seven-page position statement in response to “phonics-centric people” titled, “No One Gets to Own th...

10/07/2019

Great Podcast everyone. From American Public Radio.

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.

11/18/2018

If you are a teacher who would like to learn more about teaching reading, look into the online MindPlay Comprehensive Reading Course. Portals to Learning's President, Marilyn Varricchio, is one of the authors. The MindPlay Academy site offers information and sample videos from the course. Graduate credit is available through Castleton University. Take a look ...

https://academy.mindplay.com/

09/17/2018

Very important!

Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.

05/18/2018

We all need to recognize our limitations as well as our strengths. This is an important discussion to think about as we reflect on our own professional practice.

On Saturday April 7, 2018, classroom teachers, administrators, parents, college professors, and psychologists got together to share their stories and experie...

06/26/2017

Interesting and informative video on the brain and reading.

(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv) Guinevere F. Eden, Georgetown University Medical Center, highlights the importance of distinguishing between cause and consequenc...

03/28/2017

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12/28/2016

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