<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">Thank you David, Peter, and David for writing and sharing this eloquent piece. I shall be sharing this with my fellow school board members in Washington, where Debbie and I have retired
— hard by the border with B.C., Canada and the beautiful waters of the Salish Sea and Puget Sound.
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Be well.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">Cheers,<br class="">
<br class="">
Don<br class="">
<br class="">
—<br class="">
Donald J. Leu</div>
<div class="">Director, District 5</div>
<div class="">Blaine School Board<br class="">
<br class="">
"Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.”<br class="">
-- Geraldine Ferraro. <br class="">
Acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic Party National Convention. <br class="">
<br class="">
</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<br class="x_Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">On May 23, 2023, at 7:15 PM, David P. Reinking <<a href="mailto:David.Reinking@uga.edu" class="">David.Reinking@uga.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
<br class="x_Apple-interchange-newline">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none">
<br class="x_webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<div class="" style="font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none; background-color:rgb(255,235,156); width:1958px; border:1pt none rgb(250,235,204); padding:10pt; font-size:11pt; line-height:12pt; font-family:Calibri; text-align:left">
<span class="" style="color:rgb(156,101,0)"></span>*Message sent from a system outside of UConn.*</div>
<br class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none">
<div class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none">
<br class="x_webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<div class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none">
<div class="x_WordSection1" style="">
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Hall of Fame Colleagues. Thought you might be interested in an op-ed I co-authored with Peter Smagorinsky and David Yaden, which was published today in Valerie Strauss’ education column in the Washington Post: <span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/phonics-reading-analysis/" originalsrc="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/phonics-reading-analysis/" shash="qz899iQ/ui40axlHQbSbrjwEu5t0GR7YOFGRsNEk5dH7oq9foCcE1zcnlMFvxU+WM/PhkmcJNAiwDyC1bqVJEPcUe69lY76obaIpZKHalW5lubEmMLsfs6rUig6eQb1RYx97DoJ1JRTZZqgFe+ev589UpLQyW/yrlTYlmAwA2Fc=" class="" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline">https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/phonics-reading-analysis/</a></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">I’ve attached the text if you can’t access it.</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">David</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></div>
<div class="">
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">David Reinking</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Distinguished Professor of Education Emeritus</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Clemson University, and</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Adjunct Professor of Education</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Dept. of Language and Literacy Education</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Mary Frances Early College of Education</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">University of Georgia</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">David.Reinking @uga.edu</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttp-253A-252F-252Fwww.davidreinking.info-252F-26data-3D01-257C01-257Clg40-2540txstate.edu-257Cd43f2d8241584a0ca81608d50aa7b5c9-257Cb19c134a14c94d4caf65c420f94c8cbb-257C0-26sdata-3Dji-252FNnlYJBKtAbG0lEfttgJUZxsi6BinXvN1OaPMm5Uc-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=gUnMZ3Xw_juA4Q4q8MsCC_IKO_x_v_mImmv8TQcuKAs&m=UedHPeoTlZDAK_Y35nsdvaZ1tvfVsAXM3l43vQNlACI&s=5qWqgpYErOqlfng1rqjL41TgwAGTYZ6oMB15g45RwUc&e=" originalsrc="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttp-253A-252F-252Fwww.davidreinking.info-252F-26data-3D01-257C01-257Clg40-2540txstate.edu-257Cd43f2d8241584a0ca81608d50aa7b5c9-257Cb19c134a14c94d4caf65c420f94c8cbb-257C0-26sdata-3Dji-252FNnlYJBKtAbG0lEfttgJUZxsi6BinXvN1OaPMm5Uc-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=gUnMZ3Xw_juA4Q4q8MsCC_IKO_x_v_mImmv8TQcuKAs&m=UedHPeoTlZDAK_Y35nsdvaZ1tvfVsAXM3l43vQNlACI&s=5qWqgpYErOqlfng1rqjL41TgwAGTYZ6oMB15g45RwUc&e=" shash="RPor2kKRzUvB4GGTXHdLeR1hhmGtN0UItGhFMEYTudned7u5cf05mhrtQr97aygJxUbclt5syRT/fZ6oX0HRlaKaBsXoeIku1RsVvqKmsEGeR9YRdzQzscNayXOrkW0E6K1GhN5wKDBOf7sWLHHeTcR/AKVp3VVfWLpTzkcsG6A=" class="" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">http://www.davidreinking.info</span></a><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">/</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8040-6673" class="" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline">orcid.org/0000-0001-8040-6673</a></span></div>
</div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span class="" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></div>
</div>
<pre class="">This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee
and may contain confidential information. If you have received this
message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and
attachment.
Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not
necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email
communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored
where permitted by law.
</pre>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none; float:none; display:inline!important">_______________________________________________</span><br class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none">
<span class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none; float:none; display:inline!important">Reading-hall-of-fame
mailing list</span><br class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none">
<a href="mailto:Reading-hall-of-fame@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" class="" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline; font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:auto; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:auto; word-spacing:0px">Reading-hall-of-fame@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br class="" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; text-decoration:none">
<a href="https://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/reading-hall-of-fame" class="" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline; font-family:Helvetica; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:auto; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:auto; word-spacing:0px">https://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/reading-hall-of-fame</a></div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br class="">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>