A new semester means a whole new way of teaching reading at hundreds of schools in the nation’s largest school system.
Tag: Illiteracy
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As States Confront a Reading Crisis in Schools, New York Lags Behind
Across the nation, state leaders are taking steps to improve reading instruction for struggling students. But in New York, concern has grown: Is too little being done?
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Mississippi Schools Are Offering Lessons for America on Education
The state shows that poverty is no excuse for failing to teach kids to read.
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The Surprising Obstacle to Overhauling How Children Learn to Read
New York is the latest large city to join a national push to change how children are taught to read. But principals and teachers can resist uprooting old practices.
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A ‘Science of Reading’ Revolt Takes on the Education Establishment
Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results?