[Reading-hall-of-fame] Fwd: The real message

[P. David Pearson]

Freddy asked me to share this with the listserv on her behalf

David
Reading Hall of Fame colleagues,

I followed Yetta’s suggestion and read David Berliner’s blog on Why giving standardized tests to really young children is dumb.  David’s blog inspired me to finish a column entitled: Is Reading in Kindergarten the Means for Ensuring College and Career Readiness?  The url is: http://textproject.org/frankly-freddy/is-reading-in-kindergarten-the-means-for-ensuring-college-and-career-readiness/ 

Some of you will recognize the ideas as ones I presented as part of the Reading Hall of Fame session at IRA in Orlando. This past decade, kindergarten reading (especially with decodables) has become an established part of schooling.  I don’t want the next decade’s legacy to be forcing preschoolers to look at decodables.

If you have ideas of venues or groups with whom this piece might be shared, I would greatly appreciate it.

Freddy (Hiebert)


Here is the column:  




On Aug 4, 2011, at 3:06 PM, P. David Pearson wrote:

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> P. David Pearson
> Professor
> Language, Literacy & Culture
> Human Development
> Graduate School of Education
> 5645 Tolman Hall #1670
> University of California, Berkeley
> Berkeley CA 94720-1670
> Primary Phone: Cell:  510 543 6508
> 5519 Research Office:  510 643-5004
> LHS Office: 510 642-7753
> fax 510 642-4799
> email:  ppearson at berkeley.edu
> other e-mail:  pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com
> website for presentations:  www.scienceandliteracy.org
> website for publications: 
> https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal/site/~189290/page/fc6f1431-1058-4118-80f1-9249dd68c3b6
> website for photos:  http://gse.berkeley.edu/faculty/pdpearson/pictures/pdpportraits.html
> skype/i-chat address: pdavidpearsondean
> *******************
> Home:  851 Euclid Ave
> Berkeley, CA  94708 -1305
> Home #: 510 526 6986
> Cell:  510 543 6508
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P. David Pearson
Professor
Language, Literacy & Culture
Human Development
Graduate School of Education
5645 Tolman Hall #1670
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-1670
Primary Phone: Cell:  510 543 6508
5519 Research Office:  510 643-5004
LHS Office: 510 642-7753
fax 510 642-4799
email:  ppearson at berkeley.edu
other e-mail:  pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com
website for presentations:  www.scienceandliteracy.org
website for publications: 
https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal/site/~189290/page/fc6f1431-1058-4118-80f1-9249dd68c3b6
website for photos:  http://gse.berkeley.edu/faculty/pdpearson/pictures/pdpportraits.html
skype/i-chat address: pdavidpearsondean
*******************
Home:  851 Euclid Ave
Berkeley, CA  94708 -1305
Home #: 510 526 6986
Cell:  510 543 6508
****************************************





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