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Teaching, clearly. Texas, USA.

About Laura Patranella

📚 K-5 instructional coach (12 years teaching & dyslexia intervention, k-8) mom x3 🐚 salt cured yankee, 15 years in Texas. 🌾 the brazos still runs muddy, like she's run all along 🦅 live free or die 🎲 advocate for explicit instruction.

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