Welcome to the Rhode Island Chapter of the Science of Reading: What I Should Have Learned In College FB Group. As educators, we understand that we grow stronger by continuing our professional learning so we can be empowered to help all students succeed. This is a positive, supportive, and informative collegial community of educators and practitioners.

The purpose of this group is to connect the research of how we learn to read to our teaching practice. Dr. Mark Seidenberg defines the “Science of Reading” as a body of basic research in developmental psychology, educational psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience on reading, one of the most complex human behaviors, and its biological (neural, genetic) bases. This research has been conducted for decades in the US and around the world. The research has important implications for helping children to succeed, but historically it has not been incorporated in how teachers are trained for the job or how children are taught. Dr. Louisa Moats states, "The body of work referred to as the “science of reading” is not an ideology, a philosophy, a political agenda, a one-size-fits-all approach, a program of instruction, nor a specific component of instruction."

Our mission is to inform and deliver to teachers professional development in evidence-based practices.