Dr. Molly Ness

Truth. Because they fall below the decoding threshold.

Opinion | Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives. Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...

Yup. I got to meet #kidlit #mglit author Judy Blume. There she was stocking the shelves at @booksandbooks.bsky.social

Sunday morning inspiration #literacy

Though I have some questions about the methodology, interesting results showing children - especially striving readers - prefer large print books and their positive impact on comprehension.
www.gale.com/binaries/con...

Private Insurers Must Now Cover Dyslexia Testing in New York (Gift Article) Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a first-in-the-nation bill requiring insurance companies to cover costs associated with dyslexia diagnoses.

I don’t often boast about the #lteracy accomplishments of my home state of New York but thrilled about this. #scienceofreading #dyslexia #untilallcanread

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/n...

Rethinking Reading

Hot off the presses - a must read about #comprehension and #backgroundknowledge from Hugh Catts at @thefcrr.bsky.social #scienceofreading
www.aft.org/ae/winter202...

Join me on Dec. 10th at 4 PM to explore the meaning side of the Reading Rope. In collaboration with SUNY New Paltz

Register now: newpaltz.webex.com/weblink/regi...

C is for Cupcake! I used to love those....

Kudos to the innovation of @worldreaders.bsky.social with LaundryCares and Too Small to Fail - books and digital access in 350 laundromats #endbookdeserts

Worth a read....is there any rigor / science behind the %s of independent, instructional, frustrational levels?! You might be surprised...#scienceofreading

www.educationnext.org/leveled-read...

14. Played since age 4. No signs of slowing down. It’s madness.

And rock on to our hockey obsessed daughters! #girlpower

Hockey mom at work. Pre ice hockey game is the perfect time to write about orthographic mapping for Scholastic #scienceofreading

Best advent calendar ever. #readmore

The science of reading can help to turn around the reading crisis in low- and middle-income countries Learning to read is the most important outcome of primary education. The ability to read allows an individual to acquire new knowledge, and it is the foundation of employment, political participation,...

Fascinating work about the potential global economic impact of the #scienceofreading - "Approximately 57% of children in low- and middle-income countries are unable to read with a basic level of comprehension by age 10"

blogs.worldbank.org/en/education...

Excited to be a part of this terrific lineup on December 10th, and the best part is, it's completely free! Register today at oregonrti.org and you'll also get free access to the video recordings after the event.
#scienceofreading

The poison ivy.....

And he's just such a good human

Love read alouds as much as I do - join this free, virtual session on 12/7 - to make the most of them!

Why do I care so deeply about the work to #endbookdeserts? The 2024 NAEP uses # of books in the home as a measure of children's socioeconomic levels. Find out more at www.endbookdeserts.com

Excited to announce the Spring 2025 release of my newest book with Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D. - all about orthographic mapping in the #scienceofreading @scholastic.bsky.social

A History Lesson for the Future of Social Studies, Courtesy of the High-Quality Curriculum Movement - Knowledge Matters Campaign

Knowledge matters for #comprehension #scienceofreading

knowledgematterscampaign.org/post/a-histo...

How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?

Lots to consider here - but I'm quite uncomfortable with the statement 'it felt a bit like 9/11 - (when 3000+ lost their lives) #scienceofreading

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

It’s Not Too Late to Read That Entire Book With Your Students | KQED Full-length books offer students invaluable benefits that are often lost when reading is reduced to test-prep passages and excerpts.

While we align instruction with the #scienceofreading, we cannot overlook reading entire texts with students
www.kqed.org/mindshift/64...

readinginstituenyc | Homepage The Reading Institute (TRI) believes that every child should have access to effective and affordable reading interventions. Therefore, we offer educators and tutors working with K-2 students high-qual...

Do not miss what my brilliant #scienceofreading colleague Katie Pace Miles is doing with the Reading Institute
www.readinginstitutenyc.org

"If children do not have adequate word recognition skills, their reading comprehension often won’t get better no matter how much direct support for comprehension they receive."
Who's ready to discuss secondary readers who haven't met the decoding threshold?! #scienceofreading #edusky

New here - ready to chat #scienceofreading #literacy and the work to #endbookdeserts in a less toxic environment.
#EduSky