Ready, Set, Read Tutoring Services

Earlier this week, posted in several groups about LAUSD’s decision to stop using iReady for most students while continuing to require it for students who are struggling. And I have BIG feelings about that. The students who are behind are the very students who need more access to skilled teachers, systematic instruction, explicit intervention, and human expertise, not more screen time and computer-generated lessons.

Struggling students do not need a digital band-aid pretending to be intervention. They need teachers trained in evidence-based instruction, smaller groups, targeted support, diagnostic data that actually explains WHY they struggle, and intensive, systematic teaching. EdTech is not a substitute for instruction. It is not a replacement for expertise. And it certainly is not how we close gaps for students with dyslexia, language disorders, or foundational skill deficits.

At best, programs like iReady are a supplement. At worst, they create the illusion of intervention while students continue to fall further behind. Say it with me: Kids do not need more EdTech interventions. They need more knowledgeable adults.

❤️ backwards letters doesn’t always equal Dyslexia

I have a few spots still open :)

Red words and spelling rules 📕

Reading and spelling go hand in 🖐️

1,000 yes to this!

https://www.coursera.org/learn/dyslexia

https://www.stateofdyslexia.org/

http://dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexia/signs-of-dyslexia/

https://www.landmarkschool.org/landing-pages/reading

Nurture strengths. Support struggles. 1 in 5 people will have a learning difference. Some people have a combination of learning differences.

Learn more here :

The Reading League
Cox Campus
International Dyslexia Association
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Understood.org

WPS - Western Psychological Services

Reading Rockets

Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

Kansas Blueprint for Literacy

Margaret Byrd Rawson Institute

95 Percent Group LLC

Carroll School

Decoding Dyslexia Oregon

Dyslexia Explored

The Gow School

Print this poster out here :

https://www.socialworkerstoolbox.com/dyslexia-dyscalculia-dysgraphia-dyspraxia-overview-free-pdf-poster/

Did you know,,,

Students cannot fully comprehend text they cannot decode.

When a reader struggles to recognize words, their cognitive energy is spent trying to figure out the words—leaving little capacity left for understanding the meaning of the text.

Accurate and automatic decoding is not separate from comprehension—it is a critical part of it.

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Did You Know?

Reading is not a natural process—it must be explicitly and systematically taught.

Unlike speaking, which develops naturally through exposure and interaction, reading requires the brain to build new pathways to connect sounds to print. This doesn’t happen automatically. It happens through intentional, well-structured instruction.

When we understand this, it shifts our role as educators—from simply providing texts to intentionally teaching students how to unlock them.