Daniel Willingham Blog If You're Going to Write About Science of Reading, Get Your Science Right

There’s a new report out about the teaching of reading. It came to my attention when Diane Ravitch tweeted about it, with the tag “There is no Science of Reading.” It turns out to be a relatively brief policy statement from the National Education Policy Center, signed by the Education Deans for Justice and Equity.I think the statement is pretty confused, as it conflates issues that ought to be considered separately. This statement is meant to be about the science of reading, so [...]