In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, two local families on Wednesday sued literacy specialists Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas, and Gay Su Pinnell, whose reading curriculums have been ...
Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles offered critiques to Thompson Elementary leadership in hushed tones after observing a classroom in October. "This is the quintessential problem for 'at-bats' in ...
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Every school district in New York must revert to teaching phonics in grades pre-K through third, starting this fall, the ...
A prominent childhood literacy theorist deceptively marketed reading curricula that weren’t grounded in science ... The complaint was filed Wednesday in Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County.
In recently presented classroom assessments, Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) declined in reading proficiency in a few grades and increased in some grades. The district’s graduation rates also were ...
These are “sharp, steep declines,” said Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which ...
A lawsuit filed by a pair of Massachusetts families is adding to the backlash against an approach to reading instruction that some schools still use despite evidence that it’s not the most effective.
Dozens of states have adopted new curriculum standards that encourage or require that schools use evidence-based reading instruction, but others, including Massachusetts, have not. Elga ...
The lawsuit, which names as defendants Lucy Calkins, Gay Su Pinnell, and Irene Fountas, in addition to their companies and ...
Over the next six years, a significant number of teachers are expected to retire. While research indicates that sufficient ...