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Literacy/ELL

Recovery on hold? How academic growth sputtered in 2022-23

Matt Zalaznick -
The road to recovery remains rocky as the academic growth that most students made in the 2022-23 school year failed to match pre-pandemic norms, according to data on grades 3-8 released Tuesday.

Teacher recruitment, and 3 more keys for not leaving young readers behind

Matt Zalaznick -
Is the science of reading coming to the rescue in a national 'literacy crisis?' And how can superintendents and their instructional teams ensure the approach gains traction in their classrooms? 

Math scores for this one group of students show historic, long-term decline

Matt Zalaznick -
There are no "green shoots’" of academic recovery emerging, with the Nation's Report Card showing the largest-ever drop in math scores by 13-year-old students and decreases in reading.

We’re in a literacy crisis. Our children deserve a better approach.

Jeanne Jeup -
After decades of multidisciplinary research, the scientific community has achieved consensus—children need systematic phonics instruction to crack the code and learn how to read.

Your students’ parents may have conflicting views on K12 LGBTQ policies

Matt Zalaznick -
When it comes to K12 LGBTQ policies in schools, parents and other adults prefer classroom discussions about the LGBTQ community to using students' preferred pronouns.

Removal of 8 books may have created fear and harassment in Georgia district, feds say

Matt Zalaznick -
Library book challenges in Forsyth County Schools may have created a "hostile environment for students," Department of Education investigators said in the agency's first foray into the recent wave of book bans buffeting K12.

Parents—and authors—sue district for banning LGBTQ-themed books

Matt Zalaznick -
The Escambia County School District's book bans are being called "unconstitutional" in a federal lawsuit filed by a leading free speech organization and the country's largest publishing firm.

5 ways to bring your literacy framework back ‘down to earth’

Marcey Sorensen -
When I joined Fort Worth ISD as its new chief academic officer in 2019, we needed to create a literacy framework and implement new curriculum and products to support it. 

Despite book battles, parents are not discouraging a love of reading

Matt Zalaznick -
Some parents disagree about what books should be in their school's reading curriculum but K12 administrators might be reassured to know parents still expect their children to love reading.

Show me the reading science: An expert explains how to get it right

Elizabeth Bassford -
We need clarity of practices that will enable the enactment of the science of reading in classrooms across America every day for every child.

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