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🎙️ The Literacy View – CASE DISMISSED! Legal Fallout for Lucy, Fountas & Pinnell

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What happens when curriculum meets the courtroom? 🧑‍⚖️

In this explosive episode, attorney John J. McGrath joins Faith and Judy to unpack the real-life lawsuit against Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas, and Gay Su Pinnell—recently dismissed in federal court.

We break down:

• Why the case was filed (curriculum misrepresentation claims)
• What the judge ruled—and why it was dismissed
• What this means for teachers, schools, and legal accountability
• How flawed literacy instruction can potentially violate IEPs and special ed law

🔥 Key Quote:

“It’s not just bad practice—it’s potential harm.” – John McGrath

This episode dives into the tension between balanced literacy, the science of reading, and student rights—with serious legal and instructional implications.

Guest Bio:

📌 Guest Bio – John J. McGrath

John McGrath is a New York attorney who represents parents and children in special education and Section 504 cases, including CSE meetings, due process hearings, and appeals. A former Mineola School Board member (1997–2012), he brings deep expertise in education law and advocacy.

📧 johnmcgrath@educationlawyer.com

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🎙️ The Literacy View – 125: Takeaway Tuesday LIVE! (Recap of 122)

Hosts: Faith Borkowsky & Judy Boksner
Guests: Viewers + Live Q&A with Trina Spencer & Doug Petersen
📺 Watch the Replay: YouTube Link:https://youtu.be/fl8goSw6THE?si=Cwt5fIEiJxHPlet7

💡 What’s Inside:
This Takeaway Tuesday episode revisits key ideas from Episode 122, where we tackled the false debate between strategy instruction and knowledge building. Listeners joined us live to share their biggest takeaways—and then we turned it over to two literacy legends:
Dr. Trina Spencer – https://absc.ku.edu/Trina-Spencer
Dr. Doug Petersen – https://www.childlanguagespecialist.org/welcome-douglas-bryan-petersen/
Together, we dug into:
Why BOTH strategy & knowledge matter
Real classroom applications (beyond theory)
The harm of sticking to one “camp”
How oral language and writing fit into the big picture
🔥 Soundbites:
“It’s not about picking sides—it’s about serving kids.”
— Dr. Trina Spencer
“Ignoring either side of literacy is a disservice to teachers and students.”
— Faith Borkowsky

🛠️ Practical Takeaways for Educators

✔️ Start with oral language routines early and often
✔️ Build knowledge sets across texts—stop treating reading as isolated events
✔️ Make vocabulary instruction explicit and connected
✔️ Replace “skill & drill” with discourse, writing, and reflection

✔️ Decodables are essential for building early reading skills—but students also need rich texts that grow vocabulary, knowledge, and comprehension.

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What’s Trending? AI and Dyslexia with Dr. Coral Hoh

The future of AI in education looks more inclusive, accessible, and transformative than ever!

Bio:

Coral PS Hoh, PhD, is the architect of Dysolve® AI, the first autonomous AI system for dyslexia, a neurological disorder. She holds AI patents for the treatment of language-related disorders. She referees and writes for academic journals and for her column at Psychology Today.

Article:

Transforming Dyslexia Education: Dr. Coral Hoh on Dysolve:

Dysolve: Using AI To Beat Dyslexia Through Generative Games

Ray Ravaglia

Forbes, Mar 2, 2024

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rayravaglia/2024/03/02/dysolve-using-ai-to-beat-dyslexia-through-generative-games/

More Dysolve Updates:

• Psychology Today blog - explains how AI can address dyslexia
• NBC Nightly News

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This episode might challenge everything you once believed!

In this evidence-grounded episode, we kick off with Jill Barshay’s March 2025 Hechinger Report deep-dive—“Proof Points: Reading Comprehension in the Classroom” (read it here)—which shows teachers spend under 25 percent of their reading block on genuine comprehension work and almost zero time on text-based talk.

Doug Petersen and Trina Spencer—classroom teachers turned education scientists and founders of Language Dynamics Group—use those “proof points” as a launchpad to share why they walked away from one-size-fits-none interventions and built something better:

❤️ Their evidence-first origin: witnessing multilingual and economically diverse learners get lost in decoding drills led them to found tools (CUBED, PEARL, DYMOND, Story Champs®) rooted in solid research evidence—and designed to be Implementation Ready, not extra paperwork.

🧠 Research you can see: unpacking Scarborough’s Reading Rope alongside Beck & McKeown’s vocabulary studies, they demonstrate how just minutes of data-backed, teacher-led discussions unlock deeper thinking, richer text connections, and measurable comprehension gains.

If you’ve ever stared at comprehension questions and wondered why they flop—or if you’re craving talk strategies backed by hard evidence that actually fit into a busy teaching day—this episode is your MVP playbook. Tune in and let language—and real, research-driven evidence—lead the way! ❤️❤️❤️

Link to bios-Trina Spencer: https://absc.ku.edu/Trina-Spencer#:~:text=Spencer%20is%20a%20senior%20scientist,and%20Departmentj%20of%20Special%20Education.

Bio Doug Petersen:

https://www.childlanguagespecialist.org/welcome-douglas-bryan-petersen/

You Tube Channel:https://youtube.com/@languagedynamics?si=h5sakwCjx1r_UYoF

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Guest Bio:

Claude Goldenberg is Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Education, emeritus, in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. A native of Argentina, his areas of research and professional interest have centered on promoting academic achievement among language minority children and youth. Prior to his arrival at Stanford, Goldenberg was Professor of Teacher Education, Associate Dean of the College of Education, and Executive Director of the Center for Language Minority Education and Research (CLMER) at California State University, Long Beach.

Claude Goldenberg’s thoughts on the article discussed-“It's propaganda masking as research.”

Article Discussed-https://californianstogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/24-Voices-from-the-Field-FINAL-print.pdf

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Literacy in Community with LINC NYC

The powerful influence of early language on later reading suggests that language intervention programs combining phonological, morphological and semantic activities may help to reduce the incidence of reading problems.

Article- Journal of Research in Reading - Wiley Online Library
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-9817.12312

LINC Guests: Josh Barocas, Director of Early Literacy at LINC, where he works with his team to develop and deliver literacy workshops for parents and educators. As a college student, Josh developed an interest in neuroscience, psychology and linguistics and spent most of his time interning on various research projects across these fields. A job managing a language development laboratory revealed his passion for working with children, and he soon began teaching elementary school. Under the mentorship of a veteran learning specialist, Josh's interests coalesced into a career in early literacy. After several years teaching as a literacy specialist and completing a master's in literacy, Josh moved out of the school setting to work as Program Director at CUNY Reading Corps, where he trained college students, graduate students, teachers and Universal Literacy coaches in research-based reading interventions. He is grateful to bring his experience to the community setting in his work with LINC.

Laura Walsh, Chief Program Officer is a seasoned leader in the non-profit sector and a dedicated literacy specialist with a Master’s Degree in Special Education and Literacy from St. John’s University. With deep expertise in early literacy, adult learning theory, and educator training, she has spent her career championing equity through literacy access for all—starting with our youngest learners. Laura has trained Universal Literacy Coaches across New York City and served as a Program Manager for the Literacy Trust, where she worked to strengthen early literacy initiatives. Currently, as Chief Program Officer at Literacy Inc. (LINC), she leads innovative programs that invest in children, families, and entire communities—including educators—to create a culture of reading.

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Takeaway Tuesdays on Morphology and Spelling with Sue Hegland

See The Literacy View Episodes for more information about what is discussed:

Episode 109: Meta on Morphology – What Should We Do? Danielle Colenbrander

Episode 111: Phonics vs. SWI for Beginning Readers Pete Bowers

Episode 118: Why is Spelling Important? Richard Gentry

Book:

Beneath the Surface of Words: What English Spelling Reveals and Why It Matters

Sue Hegland Bio:

Sue Scibetta Hegland is an author, educator, and frequent speaker on topics related to reading and spelling. She began her career doing research and instructional design, but her focus shifted in 2003, when she learned that one of her children is dyslexic. Trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach to literacy instruction, she has been studying and teaching about often overlooked aspects of the English orthographic system since 2014. Sue has served on the Board of Directors for the Upper Midwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and on the Board of Education for the Brandon Valley School District. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief for the IDA’s Fact Sheet publications and is on the Advisory Council for the Upper Midwest Branch of the IDA. Sue is the founder of the website LearningAboutSpelling.com and author of the book Beneath the Surface of Words: What English Spelling Reveals and Why It Matters.

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