Prison Libraries Committee @MBPrisonLibrary
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And let's not forget that not all prisons are visible to others. Social and economic marginalisation because of low literacy skills is the most pernicious and enduring form of (life) imprisonment of all.
Unhoused folks in this broken system are victims, not criminals.
Yes, this ⬇️
Any form of reading instruction telling young students to use anything other than the word itself to figure out what it says is setting them up for future failure. #readinginstruction #picturebook #words #skills #reading #instruction #righttoreadinitiative
This cannot be stressed enough ⬇️
Dr. Buckingham @buckingham_j summarized current research on Reading Recovery. Canadian Ministers of Education, why is this program ( & LLI) used in our schools today? Let's use proven, effective early interventions. @nseducation @BeckyDruhan @IDA_Ontario
There can be no fairness or justice in a society where the suffering of incarcerated folks is ignored.
How different society would be if people understood poverty is not a lack of character, but a lack of cash.
The move towards a cashless society further highlights how cruel our society can be to those experiencing homelessness.
It's a privilege to learn about racism instead of experiencing it your whole life.
If you look at those incarcerated, there is even a larger percentage that are reading below a grade 4 reading level. This is a huge issue of inequality, and we need to make changes so that these individuals have more opportunities available to them. #inequality #opportunities
School-to-prison pipeline is alive and thriving. Time's up.
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This is from 1993 - almost 30 years ago. Generations of children denied their right to read, not because the science hasn't been available, but because education systems have failed to apply it. Parents have said enough is enough - time for change is now. #humanrights
This is from 1993 - almost 30 years ago. Generations of children denied their right to read, not because the science hasn't been available, but because education systems have failed to apply it. Parents have said enough is enough - time for change is now. #humanrights
Empower women everywhere. That's it. That's the tweet.
All Manitoban families using childcare services should already be benefitting from massive federal childcare investments made one year ago. But instead of using federal dollars to create $10/day care, as they committed and announced, @pccaucus did this...
All Manitoban families using childcare services should already be benefitting from massive federal childcare investments made one year ago. But instead of using federal dollars to create $10/day care, as they committed and announced, @pccaucus did this...
(1/2)"The secret is that once you get the basics baked into your brain, experts say, reading feels effortless and automatic. The pleasure of reading is the endgame." edsource.org/2022/a-movemen…
Hear, hear to this. High quality instruction is about the learning needs of students, not the aesthetic preferences of teachers. This applies to those of us in higher ed as much as it does in primary or secondary schooling.
Hear, hear to this. High quality instruction is about the learning needs of students, not the aesthetic preferences of teachers. This applies to those of us in higher ed as much as it does in primary or secondary schooling.

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