@4TiffanyJustice What's the rationale for the first one, 48hrs to notify?

@CarlRossiniJr Teach to mastery. Absolutely. I've had great, informed discussions with respected professors who believe mastery isn't necessary because we don't have time to waste. I get it. But I'm willing to wait the extra time to get the foundation solid.

@JeffSechelski I need/want to learn more

@Slimvt9 @ShannaDarkness It's nurture.

@Tica19833 I hear you. It's not easy. Partly why we waited so long to get her tested was because of the cost. About ~10k. Had to pass the hat around the family and sell my car. Just for the eval. It's ridiculous.

@KKGilligan True. But also.... ~180 days in school, 6 hours a day: K,1st, 2nd, 3rd grades = 4,320 hours of opportunity, without screens to teach children to read. We can do it.

@BornInTheU43614 I understand your thinking. We have billion dollar institutions - public schools that are commissioned with teaching all children to read. By virtue of the fact that the parent is a taxpayer, they have invested in a solution, and they have a right to expect it to work,

@Slimvt9 Yes, they need adults who care enough to figure out how to get the help they need. I've seen parents who were illiterate, advocate for their kid, determined to make sure their kids were readers. Do what you can from where you are.

@SorforMore Exactly. There's a strain of fatalism and acceptance that certain kids can't learn. Poitics aside, I think the path of our current Vice President speaks volumes about what young people can do... regardless of the circumstances. Sometimes the "circumstances" are what fuel them.

@Tica19833 Mine was same way. You have to keep in mind that the delays are a tactic. They run out the clock on your kid by pushing mtgs back, rescheduling, etc.... time is not your friend. Neither is being determined to "win" at all costs. Our decision to pull her out, may have saved her.

@AllenMajorovic Another legend, yes.

@InvisibleCathy Fantastic. Took me a while to understand the graphic. Multiple years for intensive and benchmark for each cluster. Very impressive.

@LSthirdact @Shannon96872024 They're not consistently getting what they need. Everything else falls under that umbrella. Since balanced literacy is an approach reportedly used in ~70% of classrooms... the shorthand is reasonable.

@AMWHMe Yep. More impressively, Prince lionized her in his song: "Most Beautiful Girl"

@InvisibleCathy Share!

@copperswife2191 Every kid needs champion

@Alicia_L234235 There are states following Mississippi's example. Others have been turning their noses up at it. You can take a horse to the water, but...

@JillMNunez No, but I'll look into it. Thanks,

@Philomedia I been around. Working. Trying to support systems to get literacy right. I can't be on Twitter as much as I'd like. I am trying to be more consistent, but I do go in spurts.

@PhonicsMom @RaquelMTeaches This has me fired up. Thank you for posting!