Melissa McCray, Ph.D.

🎆🎉 Mississippi is proving what’s possible in literacy! NAEP’s latest data shows record-breaking progress: ✅ Highest-ever rate of students scoring proficient or advanced in 4th and 8th grade reading ✅ #1 in the nation for achieving highest score increases in 4th grade reading since 2013 ✅ #9 in the nation for overall 4th grade reading scores (up from #49 in 2013!) Mississippi’s commitment to evidence-based literacy instruction—including over 2,890 educators trained in #AIMPathways—is truly transforming lives through literacy. 🔗 Read more from @MissDeptEd: bit.ly/4jE0fO8 #AIMtoLead #PartnerforImpact

I was just listening to a recorded presentation from Dr. Jan Hasbrouck and of course, as always, she was brilliant, and when I heard her say this I knew I HAD to do an infographic.

“Reading is the epicenter of equity.” -Zaretta Hammond #TRLConf2024

@Ready4rigor @reading_league I thoroughly enjoyed your keynote and your late afternoon session! Thank you for your contributions to the educational field. You are amazing!

Okay. It’s about to go down. I am super excited to be in community with others who are committed to helping students become powerful readers and writers. @reading_league #EquitableLiteracy #LiberatoryEducation

Truth, @KJWinEducation.

NEW RESOURCE: ExcelinEd launches early literacy coaching modules to equip coaches with skills and strategies needed to support teachers. excelined.org/2024/07/17/lau…

“If I’m not modeling the type of high-engagement teaching I’m looking for, how can I expect to see it?” #BeTheExample #ModelIt

We’re 1 day away…please register using the link below to join us and learn more!

☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning. 👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics

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Please make plans to join this Zoom meeting!

Greetings to Educators and Friends! Join an awareness meeting on Tuesday, June 18, at 6:00 pm CST to meet the leaders of the Mississippi chapter and learn more about how you can get involved with The Reading League at a local level. Register here: bit.ly/TRL-MS

🆕 Did you listen?! Episode 188 🆕 Hear Katie Pace Miles talk more about Ehri's theory of orthographic mapping and how we read words by sight. 👀

Our children’s lives depend on it! #Equity #SoR #StructuredLiteracy

Literacy IS a civil right for ALL children!

Writing letters by hand leaves clearer memory traces in the brain than typing them does, indicating deeper learning.⁠ ✍️ ⁠ Brain scans of preliterate children reveal crucial reading circuitry flickering to life when kids hand-printed letters and then tried to read them.💡