Cleveland.com

Science of reading: Ohio schools changing approach to teaching literacy this year

Ohio is not alone in its change to reading education. It was one of 17 states that passed laws or implemented policies on reading instruction in 2023, according to EducationWeek. The states vary ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

What helps children become better readers? It can be hard to say

What does drinking coffee have to do with teaching reading? Each is entangled with many interacting variables, making it hard to isolate a single cause (e.g., coffee, a teaching method) for a specific ...
Education Week

For Now, California Won’t Mandate ‘Science of Reading.’ Here’s What Happened

California schools can, for now, continue using a looser approach to how reading is taught to young children after a bill to mandate a “science of reading ” strategy failed to even garner a hearing in ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

The science of reading comes to Ohio classrooms. What's that? How can parents help?

All Ohio schools will teach the science of reading this school year in an attempt to bring up literacy rates across the state. Gov. Mike DeWine is a huge proponent of this phonics-based approach to ...
Business Wire

Most Parents Think Teachers Are Fully Prepared to Deliver Science of Reading-Aligned Instruction; Educators Are Less Optimistic

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A national survey of over 800 U.S. parents 1 commissioned by Lexia, a part of Cambium Learning Group, and conducted online by The Harris Poll, found that just over half (51%) ...
Education Week

How the ‘Science of Reading’ Can Support English Learners

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...
WESA

With new literacy standards, Pa. teachers' colleges change how they look at reading instruction

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends free books in the mail to young children. Educator preparation programs in Pennsylvania are adjusting the way they teach reading to meet new, statewide ...
Drexel University

Unlocking Reading Success: Barbara Wilson on the Power of Structured Literacy

Barbara A. Wilson, M.Ed. is Co-Founder of Wilson Language Training® (WLT). For 35+ years, she’s brought Structured Literacy to educators through consultation to organizations focused on reading, ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...
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Pa. published, then removed science-of-reading curricula lists after criticism from educators

As Pennsylvania moves to overhaul how schools teach reading amid a growing movement embracing phonics and more structured lessons, educators had been waiting to see which curricula and programs the ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia should invest to expand promising approaches to reading reforms

“We are seeing our kids grow in their reading … kids are coming to us from kindergarten after having the science of reading so much more fluently than our kids ever had before.” Leaders in these three ...
Drexel University

Fundations®️ Workshops

Fundations utilizes a structured literacy approach grounded in the science of reading to make learning to read fun while laying the groundwork for lifelong literacy. The program’s research-based ...