18: The One About… Fluency Expert Tim Rasinski's Response to Parents

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On this episode of The Literacy View, we discuss:
Emily Hanford’s “Sold a Story” podcast ☑️
The “Call for Rejecting the Latest ‘Reading Wars’” letter ☑️
The “Parents Say Enough” response letter ☑️
Dr. Rasinski’s response letter ☑️
AND…
FLUENCY‼️ 
All letters posted below 
Parent letter
http://hechingerreport.org/opinion-parents-say-enough.../
58 literacy “experts” letter
https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-a-call-for-rejecting.../
Tim Rasinski
https://openletter.earth/why-i-signed-an-open-letter-to-parents-and-others-concerned-
about-children-who-struggle-in-learning-to-read-bc111721
PBS News Hour letter
https://readingrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Concern-letter-to-PBS.pdf
Dr. Rasinski’s bio
Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.
Professor of Reading Education
Reading and Writing Center
Kent State University
401 White Hall
Kent, OH 44242
[email protected] ; 330-672-0649
website: www.timrasinski.com
Twitter: @timrasinski1

Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award-winning reading clinic. He also holds the Rebecca Tolle and Burton W. Gorman Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership. Tim has written over 250 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He is author of the best-selling books on reading fluency The Fluent Reader and The Megabook of Fluency. Tim’s scholarly interests include reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. Tim is the first author of the fluency chapter for the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV. Tim served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world's most widely read journal of literacy education. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. Rasinski is past president of the College Reading Association, and he has won the

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