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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Dyslexia and the Reading Wars

In 2024, my niece Caroline received a Ph.D. in gravitational-wave physics. Her research interests include "the impact of model inaccuracies on biases in parameters recovered from gravitational wave data" and "Petrov type, principal null directions, and Killing tensors of slowly rotating black holes in quadratic gravity." I watched a little of her dissertation defense, on Zoom, and was lost as soon as she'd finished introducing herself. She and her husband now live in Italy, where she has a postdoctoral appointment.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Why Are Leftists So Pessimistic About School Reform?

Mississippi's focused education reforms significantly improved fourth-grade reading outcomes, illustrating that targeted instruction and accountability can close achievement gaps despite political skepticism.
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fromHarvard Gazette
3 months ago

What's driving decline in U.S. literacy rates? - Harvard Gazette

U.S. literacy rates have declined, prompting focus on curricula, teacher training, assessments, and classroom practices to improve children's reading outcomes.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

These bills could change your child's school experience. They are not without controversy

California passed education bills addressing reading instruction, school meals, and protections against discrimination for public school students.
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fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

How the 'science of reading' bill could change California schools

California is closer to implementing evidence-based reading instruction through bill AB 1454, impacting literacy education statewide.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

How the science of reading' bill could change California schools

AB 1454 will implement evidence-based reading instruction, focusing on foundational skills like phonics in California classrooms.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

Has California turned the page on its reading crisis?

The gap between socioeconomically disadvantaged students and their more affluent peers is wider than ever, and the second largest in the nation.
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fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

5 Phases Every Teacher of Beginning Literacy Should Know

Automatic word reading and spelling are crucial for academic success.
Children progress through five observable phases of literacy development, informing teaching strategies.
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