Chris Peak

RT @ehanford: Many schools rely on an organization called EdReports when deciding which reading programs to purchase. But there's a problem…

Harvard officials were shocked that such an important letter — bearing the logos of three government agencies, with signatures of three top officials at the bottom — could be sent by a mistake. https://t.co/N30LnjSLe1

For years, the country’s lowest-scoring students were steadily improving on national tests. Starting around 2013, something changed. https://t.co/rqoAKbemW5

Sold a Story was featured in this weekend’s New York Times: “This American Public Media podcast lays out how a deeply flawed teaching method took hold despite having been widely debunked by cognitive scientists.” https://t.co/G2hgUqkBCf

RT @The74: .@rpondiscio: Three new episodes of Emily Hanford’s groundbreaking 'Sold a Story' podcast about reading success in Steubenville,…

RT @maxwelltani: New: NPR's standards editor seemingly accidentally sent an email to the entire newsroom today advising All Things Consider…

RT @eduleadership: These are so good! Success for All is quietly working in over 800 schools.

RT @mmoriarty61: This three part series is important. It highlights: 1/4

RT @ehanford: New today from @CLPeak A look at a EdReports, one of the most powerful gatekeepers influencing the instructional materials sc…

RT @tomloveless99: That's true if the bank's currency is compatibility with Common Core. Reliable evidence of boosting student learning? No…

Sold a Story has a new mini-series. We found a high-poverty school district where nearly every kid can read well. They’ve been teaching the same way for 25 years. But a new law, inspired by our reporting, put that at risk. All three episodes are out now.

Emily Hanford @ehanford

The Outlier Sold a Story Episode 11: There’s a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all the students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. How did they do it? https://t.co/khoKFNeWN1

RT @megamaggie13: Are we following the wrong leader? https://t.co/3y82YLymiW

RT @brett_tingley: We have to ask, do state leaders have the capacity to properly evaluate curriculum? Clearly a number of people in the l…

NYT: The Education Department announced on Tuesday that it was firing more than 1,300 workers, effectively gutting the agency that manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement and enforces civil rights laws in schools. https://t.co/nFXHfu3wHD

DOGE is likely subject to FOIA, a federal judge ruled. The agency had argued it was acting as an advisor to the president, putting its records off-limits until at least 2034. https://t.co/HXkfbj2csk

RT @karenvaites: I appreciate the way that @ehanford @CLPeak are helping us see how the Reading First era set the stage for Lucy Calkins an…

Thread on Reading First, from a reporter who covered it back in the day:

Stephen Sawchuk @Stephen_Sawchuk

No one asked me, but it is fascinating watching Reading First get analyzed (again) on Sold a Story 20 years after it happened -- and my distinct sense is that we are in danger of the same thing happening again. My take, from someone who reported on it a lonnnnggg time ago 1/n