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Local, state, and national updates on efforts to improve reading

EdReports gives Calkins Units of Study lowest rating for all grades: "Does not meet expectations"
October 29, 2021

Fordham: How well are schools teaching disadvantaged students to read? In California, it depends where you live.
October 8, 2021

State Supt. Thurmond announces early literacy task for to address the California reading crisis
September 21, 2021

SacBee: California school districts rated on student reading performance. See where yours stands
September 21, 2021

EdSource: Many California schools get a failing grade on teaching reading, report finds

September 13, 2021

NY Times: We Know How to Teach Kids to Read, by John McWhorter

September 3, 2021

CA Reads Expert Panel: 5 districts and programs moving the needle in California schools
August 5, 2021

Breaking News: Federal Class Action Dyslexia Lawsuit Settlement Reached Against Berkeley Unified

July 24, 2021

Connecticut to Require Science of Reading: Becomes the latest state to require that reading instruction be based on the science of reading

July 7, 2021

Opinion: It’s time for Colorado’s teachers to “know better” about the science of reading

June 8, 2021

Oakland schools should focus on students’ early literacy: Supt. Kyla Johnson-Trammell

April 30, 2021

Superintendent Austin Beutner Announces Significant Improvement In Reading Proficiency Among Students in Primary Promise Program

April 19, 2021

Nearly all Cherry Creek elementary schools use state-rejected reading curriculum. Change is coming.

March 30, 2021

Lucy Calkins Says Balanced Literacy Needs ‘Rebalancing’

October 19, 2020

Groundbreaking Settlement in CA Literacy Lawsuit to Provide $50 Million to 75 Low-Performing Schools, Advances Holistic Approach to Learning

February 20, 2020

Stockton Unified among beneficiaries of milestone literacy settlement

February 20, 2020

Calkins Reading Workshop ‘Unlikely to Lead to Literacy Success,’ Researchers Say

January 16, 2020

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