MA DESE Office of Lit&Humanities. Admirer of amazing teachers; insistent on excellent and equitable education for all our children. Malden mom. Views my own.
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
27 Jan 2025
3…2…1…Lift off! 🚀🪐🧑🚀
High-quality reading resources are on their way to 15 more districts through our Literacy Launch program! @MassEducation and I had a blast joining story time at South Memorial Elementary in Peabody.
ALT LG Driscoll and Secretary Tutwiler reading to children.
ALT LG Driscoll and Secretary Tutwiler reading to children.
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
31 Dec 2024
Important implications for instruction and assessment in this terrific piece on reading comprehension and the challenge of differentiating it from other components of reading, via Hugh Catts & Alan Kamhi. aft.org/ae/winter2024-2025/c…
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
14 Oct 2024
I am excited and honored to be moderating a panel discussion following this viewing tomorrow night. I am looking forward to the discussion with @ms_tarca, @mmoriarty61, and @METCOIncHq President Milly Arbaje-Thomas! #TheRighttoRead
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
22 Mar 2024
High-quality, culturally responsive reading instruction benefits ALL students. Yet, nearly half of #MA public schools use literacy curricula that are considered low-quality. Learn more at bit.ly/MALiteracy.
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
21 Feb 2024
Are you a Massachusetts social studies teacher? If so, would you consider participating in this research study lead by my colleagues over at BU? Register here (participants get a $30 gift card): tinyurl.com/bdzjre3m
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
16 Jan 2024
📢 Please help us spread the word to K-3 educators about our early literacy screening survey. Link here: mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo… #SOR #Prevention #earlyyears #dyslexia
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
18 Jan 2024
BREAKING: In the State of the Commonwealth, @MassGovernor announces a 5-year early literacy plan to bolster how kids across the state are being taught to read
"Children are paying the price. Some are struggling, for years, to catch up — if they even can. So we're changing that."
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
12 Jan 2024
A better understanding of dyslexia among both parents and educators, experts say, is imperative to getting more students the help they need.
Here are five common myths about dyslexia. trib.al/8Q6mIF7
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
11 Jan 2024
@ehanford changed the national conversation on literacy instruction, and @mandy_mclaren going to change the conversation on literacy and equity. There is nobody combining narrative and data journalism on literacy like this. Her latest: bostonglobe.com/2024/01/11/m…
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
7 Dec 2023
The Gallery @57 and the Office of Mayor Christenson are pleased to announce that the Winter Market will be held on the City Hall Plaza on December 9th from 12-4PM. Artists and other vendors will be there to offer all a head start on your holiday shopping. #shoplocal #maldenarts
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
4 Dec 2023
& this finding, which is HUGE: Across K–3, more S were classified as at risk at the beginning of the year than at the end of the year, but there were greater decreases in the % of S at risk over time at earlier grade levels.
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
1 Dec 2023
NEW: "We see that report as a real call to action," said state Education Secretary @PatrickTutwiler, adding the Healey-Driscoll administration will make early literacy a “high priority in this state.”
A first of its kind look at early literacy in Mass.
bostonglobe.com/2023/12/01/m…
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
21 Nov 2023
MA is moving toward ensuring that all students receive evidence-based early literacy instruction, starting with ensuring that teachers are well prepared. Share your feedback on the proposed requirements for teacher prep programs!
20 Nov 2023
Our revised draft of the Early Literacy Program Approval Criteria - grounded in evidence-based practices for all students - is now available, and we'd like your feedback! Preview the new guidelines and share your comments here: ow.ly/IZsB50Q67ek
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
1 Nov 2023
We're celebrating National Family Literacy Day by looking at what some teachers in Mississippi are doing to improve children's ability to read amid concerns of a nationwide literacy crisis.
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
26 Oct 2023
We’ve seen a lot of state #climateplans . This is the first that reflects the transformative role of K-12 schools. More of this! 👏 #mapoli mass.gov/news/climate-chief-…
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
26 Oct 2023
To identify dyslexia, it's time to move past a wait-to-fail approach and towards a preventative model, according to Associate Professor @GaabLab. Discover the science of literacy development and Gaab's insights in our Harvard EdCast, new episodes every week!
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
13 Oct 2023
just when I needed him the most... new pics of Ben Affleck struggling with the unbearable weight of being alive while on a Dunkin run just dropped
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
10 Oct 2023
What policies can states adopt to equip teachers with the knowledge, skills and resources to tackle the unique needs of adolescents? Learn from our panel of experts at #EIE23. nationalsummit.streampoint.c… @readingby3rd @TheFCRR @CarrieCoyner @ms_tarca
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
6 Oct 2023
In a new series of @BostonGlobe, @mandy_mclaren and @NaomiMartin dig deep into what's up with literacy in Massachusetts. It's a clear examination of how the system failed. They summarize the accountability issues so well.
apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2…
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Katherine Tarca retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet here, in the birthplace of public education, discredited teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.
The first in a new @BostonGlobe series:
apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2…
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