SAVE THE DATE! Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium  Shifting the Power: Humanizing Literacy Research and Instruction June 25, 2025 University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Registration Coming Soon!

WSRA Reading Council Professional  Development Series   April 24, 2025  "Using Storytelling to Teach History and Culture" Featuring Wisconsin Author Chia Gounza Vang
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WSRA is now taking submissions of manuscripts for the WSRA Journal. Consider submitting: Research Articles Teaching Tips or Teaching Strategies Professional or Children's Book Reviews Informative articles that focus on Multilingual Learners Early Intervention Writing And More! Manuscripts accepted now through October 1st for the Winter edition.   Submit Your Manuscript Here

In this WSRA Update:

• WSRA President's Message
• Upcoming WSRA Local Council Virtual Professional Development Series
• A Call to Action: Recruit New Members!
• Attention Retired Educators
• Wisconsin State Reading Association Committee Work: An Opportunity to Share Your Expertise
• Elementary Reading Committee Shares Insightful Book Reviews for Professional Growth 
• WSRA State Council Coordinator Update
• 2024 Conference Highlights Developing our Expertise and Honoring Literacy Excellence in Action
• Research Grounds Us!

Members Can Access the WSRA Update Here!

Fact Checking the Science of Reading Free access and download to this text, Fact Checking the Science of Reading: Opening Up the Conversation "Rob Tierney and P David Pearson explore the validity of claims associated with the Science of Reading as they have appeared in social media, the popular press, and academic works. The book offers a comprehensive review of these claims—analyzing the evidence, reasoning, assumptions, and consequences associated with each claim—and closes with ideas for moving beyond the debates to greater consensus or accommodation of differences. The book is a must read for educators involved in teaching reading, as well as parents, policy makers, and other stakeholders." Access the entire book here

"Toward Comprehensive, Research-Informed Literacy Instruction: Thinking With, Against, and Beyond the Science of Reading"

Sponsored by the Ithaca College Department of Education, February 22, 2024

2024 Ithaca College Educational Freedom Lecture

Featuring Maren Aukerman

Recording of the 2024 Spring Educational Freedom Lecture at Ithaca College, featuring Dr. Maren Aukerman, Werklund Research Professor at the University of Calgary

Watch it on the Ithaca College Site

Science of Reading Unpacked Podcast on FreshEd

with Elena Aydarova

Elena unpacks how the Science of Reading has been used to push an agenda of standardization and privatization.

 Elena Aydarova, an assistant professor in the educational policy studies department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has two recent publications on the science of reading: One in Harvard Educational Review entitled “‘Whatever you want to call it’: Science of Reading Mythologies in the Education Reform Movement” and a second article in the American Journal of Education entitled “What you see is not what you get: Science of reading reforms as a guise for standardization, centralization, and privatization.”

Listen to Elena on FreshEd

Debunking SoR Neuroscience Claims Webinar

From April 24, 2024 - with Dr. Steven Strauss

Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)

Dr. Steven Strauss, an MD in Neurology and PhD in Linguistics shares his critical analysis of the false neuroscience and linguistic claims promoted by the Science of Reading. Insights from experts in neuroscience, linguistics and biliteracy are the focus of this Webinar.

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Dr. Steven Strauss answers questions following his webinar,"Debunking Science of Reading Neuroscience Claims"  Presented by Dr. Steven Strauss Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)

 

MOVING FORWARD from the "Science of Reading" Webinar From June 4, 2024 - with Dr. Robert J Tierney and  Dr. P David Pearson Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Tierney and Pearson highlight the information and claims associated with the Science of Reading as they have appeared in social media, the popular press, and academic works from their book, Fact-Checking The Science of Reading.

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