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From Surviving to Thriving: Why Systemic and Sustainable Support for Educators Begins with the Science of Reading

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From Surviving to Thriving: Why Systemic and Sustainable Support for Educators Begins with the Science of Reading As a district leader, you face many challenges, including achievement gaps, ongoing learning loss, and teacher recruitment and retention. Many educators feel overwhelmed by how far behind many students are in literacy. To improve literacy while creating a […]

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Reading & Literacy Stories

January 25, 2024

Students’ reading and math scores are abysmal. So why is only one getting attention?

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results showed U.S. students hit an all-time low in their math scores last year while reading scores appear to have plateaued. Out of 81 countries, the U.S. was sixth in reading and 26th in math.

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December 02, 2023

A District Leader’s Guide to Structured Literacy

Date & Time: Thursday, February 29th at 2 pm ET In this 20-minute Ed Talk, a district leader who uses structured literacy to address the needs of their students will share how your school system can incorporate evidence-based practices, instructional resources, and more supported by structured literacy into its comprehension plan.

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December 01, 2023

The Science of Reading: Securing Funding for Literacy PD

Date & Time: Thursday, February 22th at 2 pm ET In this 20-minute DA Ed Talk, a district leader from Bettendorf Community School District in Iowa and an expert from Lexia will discuss practical approaches to securing funding for professional learning and to implementing instruction based in the science of reading.

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November 28, 2023

Elevate Literacy by Integrating the Science of Writing

Date & Time: Thursday, January 11th at 2 pm ET Attend this webinar with the Executive Director of the Penn Literacy Network—a professional development organization at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education—to learn how to elevate the Science of Writing across your district, and boost student proficiency in both reading and writing.

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November 20, 2023

A program that teaches Arizona kids to read is diversifying the teacher pipeline

The Leading Men Fellowship—a program from Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Literacy Lab—trains 18- to 24-year-olds in early literacy techniques and deploys them to Title I classrooms, where a majority of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

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October 02, 2023

Science of Reading 2.0: Implementation made easy

Science of Reading 2.0: Implementation made easy The Science of Reading provides an unparalleled body of knowledge to inform the important work of ensuring all students learn to read. But this knowledge is just the first step. The science of implementation is what transforms this important research into everyday teaching practice. This Science of Reading […]

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July 31, 2023

The Science of Reading and Implementation in ELL and Emergent Bilingual Instruction

Date & Time: Tuesday, August 31 at 2 pm ET Attend this 20-minute DA Ed Talk to gain exclusive access to insights from these meetings about how to support equitable, positive literacy outcomes and high achievement for multilingual learners.

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From Surviving to Thriving: Why Systemic and Sustainable Support for Educators Begins with the Science of Reading

Mayor Adams overhauls literacy for young kids while seeking early education cuts

Gov. Kay Ivey to recommend $9 billion education budget for ESAs, school security

Reading & Literacy Stories

Students’ reading and math scores are abysmal. So why is only one getting attention?

A District Leader’s Guide to Structured Literacy

The Science of Reading: Securing Funding for Literacy PD

Elevate Literacy by Integrating the Science of Writing

A program that teaches Arizona kids to read is diversifying the teacher pipeline

Science of Reading 2.0: Implementation made easy

The Science of Reading and Implementation in ELL and Emergent Bilingual Instruction