@plthomasEdD

P. L. Thomas, Professor, Furman University. Teacher/Writer/Poet. Twitter is not my classroom. Tweets represent me only and no organization

 Spartanburg, SC
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Recent Publications

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Paul Thomas retweeted
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Public service announcement: Do not use the proportion of students who are proficient on NAEP as a justification for the need to raise achievement unless you know what proficient on NAEP means.
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Reminder that Sold a Story and SOR significantly over-sold and misrepresented the science on teaching phonics mysticsandstatisticsblog.sub…
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Also often-cited by SOR, this shows the exact same - improves early decoding, fades, not comprehension Hansford, et al. (2025). An exploratory quantitative analysis of research on balanced literacy and structured literacy. Discover Education, 4(488). doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-0…

An exploratory quantitative analysis of research on balanced literacy and structured literacy

Discover Education - Effective literacy instruction is crucial for educational success, and the debate between phonics and Whole Language approaches has been longstanding. In 2000, the National...

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SaS2 is doing the same misrepresentation and overselling of Direct Instruction
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Evidence and Implementation joshcowen.substack.com/p/evi…
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What do we know about teacher-value added? amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/PO…
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Scripted Curriculum (Direct Instruction): Research Contradicts the Story Being Sold paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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More about the challenges posed by scripting 'teaching'
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Sold a Story 2 sells the "bad teacher" myth making false claims about teachers and teacher educators. Scripted curriculum is educational malpractice grounded in sexism. Lessons should never be planned without knowledge of the students being taught. Only a teacher can do that
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Current research on scripted curriculum during SOR reform All research cited and linked here paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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The Science of Reading Reversal: Mark Seidenberg Edition paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Back-to-Basics (Again): Lorin Anderson and Essentialism to Understand Knowledge and Direct Instruction paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Snubbed artist speaks jeffreyday.substack.com/p/sn…
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Sold a Story Part Deux: A Reader paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Misunderstanding John Dewey: On the Failure of Either/Or Thinking paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Poem: i don’t remember (sometimes i forget to tell you things) paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Recommended: Emily St. John Mandel and “those incredible things we had” paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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