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Phonics is the first step: What else do students need to become good readers?
Reading comprehension is based on decoding, vocabulary and knowledge, say "science of reading" advocates.
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 272 min read
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Johnny, Jelani and Juan can't read: Is it Mom and Dad's fault?
Don't blame parents for children's reading struggles.
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 173 min read
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Who's to blame for the reading crisis?
"Balanced literacy" guru Lucy Calkins has become the " scapegoat for America's reading crisis ," suggests Helen Lewis in The Atlantic. ...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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Teach the children well: From rural Oregon to Houston, students are learning more
Third-graders at Adrian Elementary School, in the poorest county in Oregon, have the highest reading proficiency scores in the state,...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 28, 20242 min read
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When high school students can't read
Angie Hackman teaches chemistry -- and reading, reports Hechinger's Julian Roberts-Grmela. Every teacher at Health Sciences High and...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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If kids don't do much reading, they won't get good at it
Perhaps college students can't read long or complex texts because they didn't read many books in middle and high school, suggests...
Joanne Jacobs
May 20, 20242 min read
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Finally, schools are following the 'science of reading'
Phonics is back in classrooms and it's helping young children learn to read, writes Bella DiMarco, a FutureEd policy analyst, in the New...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 18, 20222 min read
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