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The Power of Superhero Mythology: "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" "WITH GREAT POWER THERE MUST ALSO COME — GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!" Amazing Fantasy 15 (1962)

The Power of Superhero Mythology: "The Night Gwen Stacy Died"
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Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux "Progressivism happened to Finland." Katharine Birbalsingh (posted on Twitter)

Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux
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Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete) On NAEP Grade 8 Scores: "a better indicator of the cumulative effects of a system on student learning than 4th grade assessments." Bruce Baker, February 11, 2026

Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete)
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Reading Crisis 1961: Tomorrow's Illiterates "We have said that no further 'research' into methods of reading instruction is necessary." Charles Child Walcutt, 1961

Reading Crisis 1961: Tomorrow's Illiterates
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Paul Thomas: Presentations, Professional Development, Webinars, and Consulting I am currently available for presentations, professional development, webinars, and consulting, in person or virtually, for May, June, and July 2026—and beyond.

Paul Thomas: Presentations, Professional Development, Webinars, and Consulting
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Orange: Teaching Reading not Simply Black-and-White "What avail is it to win prescribed amounts of information..., to win ability to read and write, if in the process the individual loses his own soul." John Dewey, Experience & Education

Orange: Teaching Reading not Simply Black-and-White
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Mar. 12, 1956 | Senators and Representatives Sign Southern Manifesto Opposing Integration Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
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Orange: Teaching Reading not Simply Black-and-White "What avail is it to win prescribed amounts of information..., to win ability to read and write, if in the process the individual loses his own soul." John Dewey, Experience & Education

Orange: Teaching Reading not Simply Black-and-White
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Education Media Misunderstands and Misinforms: Math and NAEP Edition "Numerous op-eds blamed the trend of declining math performance on the campus’ increased enrollment of underserved students." Pamela Burdman, February 2026

Education Media Misunderstands and Misinforms: Math and NAEP Edition
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The "Science of Reading" Movement Has a Comprehension Problem "[I]mproving comprehension on a researcher-designed test tied closely to instruction is not the same thing as improving comprehension on a standardized test." Nathaniel Hansford, 2026

The "Science of Reading" Movement Has a Comprehension Problem
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Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete) On NAEP Grade 8 Scores: "a better indicator of the cumulative effects of a system on student learning than 4th grade assessments." Bruce Baker, February 11, 2026

Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete)
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Reading Crisis 1961: Tomorrow's Illiterates "We have said that no further 'research' into methods of reading instruction is necessary." Charles Child Walcutt, 1961

Reading Crisis 1961: Tomorrow's Illiterates
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Paul Thomas: Presentations, Professional Development, Webinars, and Consulting I am currently available for presentations, professional development, webinars, and consulting, in person or virtually, for May, June, and July 2026—and beyond.

Paul Thomas: Presentations, Professional Development, Webinars, and Consulting
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NEPC Review: A New Direction for Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect (Brookings Institution, January 2026) nepc.colorado.edu/sites/defaul...

The Great Screen Debate Well, maybe not even a debate.

The Great Screen Debate
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The McDonald's Paradox Why the public demands "healthy" options, then rejects them once available.

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Paul Thomas: Presentations, Professional Development, Webinars, and Consulting I am currently available for presentations, professional development, webinars, and consulting, in person or virtually, for May, June, and July 2026—and beyond.

Paul Thomas: Presentations, Professional Development, Webinars, and Consulting
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Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete) On NAEP Grade 8 Scores: "a better indicator of the cumulative effects of a system on student learning than 4th grade assessments." Bruce Baker, February 11, 2026

Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete)
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On Turning Fifty Looking Backward, Forward, and a Little Inward

On Turning Fifty
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Reading Crisis 1961: Tomorrow's Illiterates "We have said that no further 'research' into methods of reading instruction is necessary." Charles Child Walcutt, 1961

Reading Crisis 1961: Tomorrow's Illiterates
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The "Science of Reading" Movement Has a Comprehension Problem "[I]mproving comprehension on a researcher-designed test tied closely to instruction is not the same thing as improving comprehension on a standardized test." Nathaniel Hansford, 2026

The "Science of Reading" Movement Has a Comprehension Problem
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Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux "Progressivism happened to Finland." Katharine Birbalsingh (posted on Twitter)

Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux
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Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete) On NAEP Grade 8 Scores: "a better indicator of the cumulative effects of a system on student learning than 4th grade assessments." Bruce Baker, February 11, 2026

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Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete)
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Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete) On NAEP Grade 8 Scores: "a better indicator of the cumulative effects of a system on student learning than 4th grade assessments." Bruce Baker, February 11, 2026

Grade 8 NAEP: A More Valid Reading Story (Although Still Incomplete)
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Education Media Misunderstands and Misinforms: Math and NAEP Edition "Numerous op-eds blamed the trend of declining math performance on the campus’ increased enrollment of underserved students." Pamela Burdman, February 2026

Education Media Misunderstands and Misinforms: Math and NAEP Edition
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The "Science of Reading" Movement Has a Comprehension Problem "[I]mproving comprehension on a researcher-designed test tied closely to instruction is not the same thing as improving comprehension on a standardized test." Nathaniel Hansford, 2026

The "Science of Reading" Movement Has a Comprehension Problem
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Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux "Progressivism happened to Finland." Katharine Birbalsingh (posted on Twitter)

Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux
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Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux "Progressivism happened to Finland." Katharine Birbalsingh (posted on Twitter)

Education Pundits Reading Finland Wrong Again: It's the Poverty Redux
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The Great AI-in-Education Paradox "Google has scored another chance to get its products into schools in the form of a 'sizable investment' in AI training." Peter Greene

The Great AI-in-Education Paradox
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Literacy Skills Nostalgia: Diagramming Sentences Edition "We have wasted hours on diagramming dull sentences when what a sentence calls for is not to be drawn but to be understood." Lou LaBrant, New Bottles for New Wine (1952)

Literacy Skills Nostalgia: Diagramming Sentences Edition
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