Sept. 8, 2015

International Literacy Day

FYI, From Pencils of Promise, plus check out Empire State Bldg. tonight (if you can, of course).  Lit up like a pencil maybe?

South Carolina is the latest state to add a “Reading by 8” law:

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“Early Concerns About E-Books’ Effect on Reading Comprehension, Researchers Say”

Education Week, April 4, 2014, by Benjamin Herold

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April 1, 2014:  Excellent piece in the Huffington Post on “2e,” or “twice exceptional” students: those who are gifted and having learning disabilities.  The problem is even worse now in schools that use “school readiness” screenings for gifted or accelerated programs, rather than IQ tests since “school readiness” especially tests for reading ability!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-b-peters-phd/gifted-learning-disabled-_b_5052115.html

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http://nyti.ms/1fXT6jn

U.S. Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word BY MOTOKO RICH Several campaigns are seeking to help the young children of poor and immigrant families by urging parents to spend more time talking to them.