Address literacy crisis behind empty desks

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If we want to address absenteeism, we must also address literacy by constructing systems that catch students before they fall further behind and strengthening core instruction. Here’s what that should look like in Arkansas schools:

Build systems that respond early and connect attendance to learning. I developed the Attendance Protocol Stack™ (APSTM), a structured framework that activates within 72 hours of an absence. It includes immediate family contact, student conferences, counseling, and academic alignment so attendance is addressed alongside skill gaps. I’ve seen that when students miss school, whether from disengagement or other circumstances, and someone responds early to understand and support them, attendance begins to shift. 

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Turn Your Library Into a Dyslexic Positive Literacy Hub and Help Kids Learn to Read

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Transform your library into a literacy hub where kids are learning to read, including:

  • Science of Reading in libraries
  • The disconnect between literacy privilege and unmet literacy needs
  • Building empowering, productive relationships with “reluctant readers”
  • Aligning storytime and PK–YA programing with reading development phases
  • Partnering with literacy specialists to build decodable book collections
  • Removing barriers such as spelling bullying
  • Disrupting generational cycles of literacy avoidance and shame
  • Weeding discrimination and ineffective literacy methods (examples: leveled readers, sight words, Fountas & Pinnell)

The DPLI is grounded in literacy expertise, research, and dyslexic lived experience.

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7 things I wish people knew about dyslexia

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A new animated film has been developed to challenge negative attitudes and misconceptions about dyslexia, after research found that many children feel “hopeless” because of how the learning difference is often described.

The charity Made By Dyslexia, which is behind the animation, surveyed 5,000 dyslexic adults and young people, along with their parents and teachers, including 2,000 participants from the UK.

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