In our latest episode, Dr. Donyall Dickey and his cohostsintroduce the well-known fire safety technique, "Stop, Drop, and Roll," as a powerful metaphor for addressing the ongoing challenges facing America’s schools.

They diagnose a lack of calibration—specifically, the misalignment and misunderstandings surrounding longstanding state standards that have been in place for decades. While standards are meant to serve as guidance, they alone are not the panacea for the performance gap, where 65% of America’s children are not reading on grade level.

Dr. Dickey and his cohosts emphasize that it’s not the standards themselves that ensure success, but rather the standardized understanding of the concepts embedded within those standards. This episode explores how this miscalibration contributes to persistent student underperformance and why simply havingstandards is not enough.

The team shares how Educational Epiphany’s four high-impact instructional practices help us "calibrate" once and for all—offering a set of high-yield strategies to align educatorunderstanding, quiet the noise, and support all students in reaching and exceeding the reading proficiency line.

Tune in today—this is one episode you won’t want to miss!

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