Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified

I help teachers get struggling readers to grade level in weeks, not years. Founder, Reading Simplified · Lead developer, IES-funded TRI · https://t.co/Dj9T7Qyufd Readingsimplified.com Colorado Springs, CO Joined June 2013

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Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified

2 days ago

@MeganGierka @NicoleOrmandy @SoniaCabell Beauty! Congrats!!

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Emily Hanford @ehanford

6 days ago

Sold a Story Season 2 is coming, two weeks from today. youtube.com/watch?v=4YDq-A…

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a week ago

@charlescwcooke Heartbreaking. Glad the daughter has so much wisdom though.

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@C_Hendrick @helenlewis What a line! “The coronavirus and wokeness were two novel pathogens.”

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Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham

2 weeks ago

This piece is excellent: on the wrenching decision many Black parents face when it comes to their children's schooling. drmiah.substack.com/p/the-impossib…

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2 weeks ago

@NielsHoven Here is a 3 year-old's first lesson. 10 minutes. He was beaming at the end. Plenty of time left to run, play, and build! youtu.be/WENJEPfJM-Q?si…

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2 weeks ago

@NielsHoven They think they are resolving social inequalities by keeping capable families from helping their children reach their potential. There are other policy levers to pull besides wasting human potential....

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2 weeks ago

Powerful!!! “I was trying to build schools where nobody’s child had to be sacrificed.”

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2 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

@AlexAndBooks_ It was not fun. Everyone knew that I was wrong and they were right, but they had no evidence. After awhile, you just stop trying to persuade bc you know you'll be perceived as a kook.

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2 weeks ago

Yes, this is all true. I lived through it as an educator for 20+ years.

Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_

2 weeks ago

This is one of the craziest and most fascinating podcasts I've ever listened to. Here's the backstory: Millions of children are struggling to learn how to read. But the problem isn't kids–it's how kids are being taught. In the 2000s, schools stopped using phonics (sounding

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2 weeks ago

@MichaelHyatt Thanks for the follow-up on those crazy claims!! The Y2K analogy is a great reminder.

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2 weeks ago

Historically, 'miscue analysis' evaluated readers' errors based on an analysis of use of context, syntax, and graphophonic cues. The NCTQ considers it contrary to science because the underlying theory—that readers should rely heavily on context and syntax to predict words—is fundamentally misguided.

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2 weeks ago

@DTWillingham @nhannahjones Helpful! But is $52K per student spending really right? Where oh where does all that money go?

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Mark Hyman, M.D. @drmarkhyman

2 weeks ago

A 12 year old boy walks into my office having already seen a psychiatrist, an allergist, a lung doctor, maybe a GI doctor. Seven different drugs by age 12. Kicked out of kindergarten for being disruptive. Diagnosed with ADHD and put on stimulant medication for years. Nobody connected the dots. He also had asthma, headaches, stomachaches, insomnia. Each doctor treated their one piece and ignored the rest. I did a full workup instead of writing another prescription. His gut microbiome was a mess. Leaky gut. Elevated gluten antibodies. Reacting to dairy. Fungal overgrowth. Low zinc, low magnesium, low B6, low folate, low omega 3s. Lead toxicity. He ate only processed food. Never a vegetable in his life. So we removed the gluten, dairy, sugar and processed food. Rebuilt his microbiome with probiotics. Treated the fungal overgrowth. Chelated the lead. Corrected the nutrient deficiencies with magnesium, zinc, fish oil. Two months later his mother brought him back. No more symptoms. No more meds. No more behavioral issues. And his handwriting went from illegible to perfect penmanship. Same kid, same brain, two months apart. That handwriting change is what made me write The UltraMind Solution. A brain that chaotic and disorganized became coherent and synchronized once we fixed what was happening in his body. The writing on the page was just a reflection of what was happening in his gut. ADHD is not a brain problem. It's a systemic problem that shows up in the brain. If your kid's brain isn't working right, don't just look north of the neck. Look at what's happening south of the border first.

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3 weeks ago

@JonahDispatch Japan spread out one of the childhood vaccines and they observed significantly better outcomes.

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3 weeks ago

@LizStepan I hope you can convince him! I helped an 18 year-old senior improve 4+ years in word attack in 5 months. He was shocked after the first month bc he noticed a big difference, as did his teachers. He never dreamed he could improve.

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3 weeks ago

@BeCre8ive50 See an example of small group Team Sorts with Reading Simplified teacher Jennifer Glueck around 9 minute mark: readingsimplified.com/reading-simpli…

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3 weeks ago

I like that you're on watch for accuracy and learning. In Reading Simplified, we first do the Sort It activity in a small group and teacher monitors for accuracy. Then the task is easier when done apart from teacher. We have them Write & Say each sound to add letter & sound matching.

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Sean Morrisey @smorrisey

4 weeks ago

ALL school districts need to embrace the one or two really nerdy teachers that read 50 educational books a year or listen to podcasts on a daily or weekly basis. The ones with really good outcomes with their students year after year. I've heard too many stories from teachers on here that they are basically deemed the "difficult" teacher or are just sidelined in their district. Not all schools/districts do this, but far too many. This is a call to admin. It is perfectly fine if a teacher knows far more than you. Listen to them. Learn from them. Appreciate them. Put them in positions to help improve your district. Admin that do this are truly the best. It is about the kids. That is what we are all here for.