An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands.
Tag: Illiteracy
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California Reading Program Sees Positive Results, Study Finds
A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery.
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A Bundle of 18th-Century Love Letters Is Unsealed at Last
More than 100 letters, addressed to French sailors, were never delivered. They remained unopened for nearly 250 years, until a historian found them in Britain’s archives.
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Ohio Lawsuit Punches Back in Battle Over How to Teach Reading
A nonprofit group is trying to stop a new state law requiring “the science of reading,” underscoring how money and ideology influence the national debate.
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Columbia to Dissolve Lucy Calkins’ Reading and Writing Project
Lucy Calkins ran a beloved — and criticized — center at Teachers College for four decades. It is being dissolved.