Post #426,061
10/26/18 6:17:09 AM
10/26/18 6:23:51 AM
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APM Reports: Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?
Fascinating, clear, Instructive report re large deficiencies in training the teachers who must teach *reading*. (There is--in fact--a "science of reading!) unbeknownst to very many teachers; only the fortunate ones who had the training can, in time: convince the skeptics that There. Is. As remarked during: somewhat akin to those who cannot/will-not find out/thus believe: that 'science' CAN be applied to climate change (!) In brief, the information was nicely presented, so you can find out what Reading Science is about, especially if you have a kid who aren't learnin well. (Dyslexia needs other special assistance/unavailable to the majority-poor here in the dis-U.S/Big surprise, that.) Mississippi schools were the focus, as they have traditionally scored lowest on this issue. Factoid: 40% inmates in The Prison Capital dis-US: are dyslexic.. one could run with that --> for the PhD. APM Reports npr. natch ... though every radio station in the dysfunctional-US should present this hour, once a week for a year; then the next generation/if there is one/won't be remotely as iggerant as This One (and their parents.) ie this shit Works. Apparently. Radio Specials APM Reports: Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?
For generations, educators have fought about how kids learn to read and what that means about how they should be taught. Now, there is definitive evidence from neuroscience on how the brain learns to read and it suggests very different approaches to reading instruction than those that are commonly found in schools. This APM Reports documentary explores why the reading science is not making its way into American classrooms – or teacher preparation programs – and what can be done about it.
Edited by Ashton
Oct. 26, 2018, 06:23:51 AM EDT
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Post #426,063
10/26/18 10:04:43 AM
10/26/18 10:04:43 AM
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Jesus H tap dancing Christ on a pogo stick! We've never hit 40% reading proficiency?!!111!ONE!??!
bcnu, Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #426,064
10/26/18 10:58:44 AM
10/26/18 10:58:44 AM
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Access?
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/where-books-are-nonexistent/491282/In our own nation's capital: "...Take D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood, where nearly all the population is black and 61 percent of children live in poverty. When the research was conducted in the summer of 2014, it didn’t have a single store selling a book for preschoolers, and there were only five books available for kids in grades K-12. In other words, 830 children would have to share a single book in the impoverished Washington neighborhood. "
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Post #426,065
10/26/18 11:03:15 AM
10/26/18 11:03:15 AM
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Maybe
If you searched my neighborhood you probably wouldn't find many books for anyone. I know we don't have a bookstore, so the only place you'd find books would be a grocery or convenience store. They only have magazines and maybe some romance paperbacks. I honestly can't think of the nearest place I could go to buy a book for myself.
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Post #426,066
10/26/18 11:14:18 AM
10/26/18 11:14:18 AM
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It's called Amazon
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Post #426,067
10/26/18 11:41:00 AM
10/26/18 11:41:00 AM
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Indeed. The Internet is the Intellectual Death of mankind.
bcnu, Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #426,068
10/26/18 12:00:38 PM
10/26/18 12:00:38 PM
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It's not just the internet, this has been building for decades
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Post #426,069
10/26/18 12:10:36 PM
10/26/18 12:10:36 PM
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Not so at all . . .
. . unless intellectual death is what you're looking for. That has always been easily found with or without the Internet. For my needs, the Internet is just the opposite, as it greatly relieves the burden of mindless and fruitless research. Every subject investigated, even a single word, instantly provides hundreds of easily followed avenues to related and unrelated subjects. Subjects that one would not otherwise be aware of. My Web site, www.clovegarden.com, a massive repository of food information, and other subjects, could not exist without the Internet. On paper, only a tiny portion could be published (and only if i had large amounts of cash on hand for the expenses) and it would be much more difficult to use (no instant cross linking). It could also not be anywhere near as accurate, as I can, and do, cross check just about everything with multiple sources - and am constantly on the watch for corrections or enhancements. Corrections can be applied in a matter of seconds. Years ago, I transitioned my botanical information from Cronquist to APG II in a day or so. How do you do that if you've published on paper? I remember the pre-Internet days where folks would read one book, take it as gospel, and start preaching from it. "The Coming Ice Age" was a perfect example. Today, such a devotion to a single source would quickly fall apart and be exposed to ridicule. On the other hand, if what you're looking for is intellectual death, you can certainly find that on the Internet as well. And, hey, you can also find a wealth of old Communist tracts there.
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Post #426,070
10/26/18 1:10:43 PM
10/26/18 1:10:43 PM
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You don't have a library! Impoverished indeed
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #426,071
10/26/18 2:35:24 PM
10/26/18 2:35:24 PM
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Premise was "it didn’t have a single store selling a book for preschoolers"
Libraries do have occasional sales of older books to clear shelf space, but except for that one week per year no, they're not selling books there.
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Post #426,111
10/28/18 11:18:49 PM
10/28/18 11:18:49 PM
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I have 3 barnes and noble within 10 miles
More if you go further out. But I am 10 miles from major metropolitan area. For those in the sticks, of course the density doesn't allow for it, especially in the days of quick and easy access to most information on the internet.
Kids books are hand me downs (or across from relatives or neighbors). How many "new" Dr Suess or Hardy Boys are there? I remember cleaning out my house, and reaching for the kids books to take. My daughter stopped me (I was thinking future grandkids, she didn't have any yet) and kept them all, knowing some day she'd want them. Now for Christmas they have a challenge, get the kids books they don't already have. Ahh, my many bookshelf library (memory, all gone) seems small compared to their collection.
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Post #428,770
5/3/19 10:37:05 AM
5/3/19 10:37:05 AM
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Not quite as long, but shorter:
-- Christian R. Conrad Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi(Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.)
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