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Back to Basics reading plan introduced by Governor Hochul

NEW YORK STATE, USA — New York Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated signing into law 'Back to Basics' legislation that will help improve reading proficiency in classrooms across New York State. At the ...

The high-stakes promise of LEARNS: learning to read, reading to learn

Before a student solves equations, breaks down a historical event, or even starts making sense of science experiments, ...
Business Insider

For Gen Alpha, learning to read is becoming a privilege

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Joshua McGoun, a K-12 public-school teacher in Frederick, Maryland, first noticed a change in his ...
The Conversation

Children learn to read with books that are just right for them – but that might not be the best approach

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.
Education Week

Trump’s Ed. Dept. Wants to Fund ‘Evidence-Based’ Reading. What Will That Mean for Schools?

Corrected: This story has been updated to note that the cancellation of contracts to develop U.S. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse practice guides affected at least two guides that ...
The Conversation

How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and ...