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Phonics screening check: Why this test taken by six-year-olds in England just isn't needed
At the end of year one, when they are five or six, all children at state schools in England must take a test called the phonics screening check. The check measures their ability to use synthetic ...
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England's synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read
Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.
Only 10 states have not passed legislation requiring universal, school-based screening for dyslexia risk factors. The issue of whether to require early screening in schools is currently up for debate ...
As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...
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‘Science of reading’ 101: Free course for NYC teachers helps unpack latest literacy research
The free course includes video from three NYC public schools that shows how teachers can use the science of reading in real ...
On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...
Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. When Esti Iturralde’s daughter Winnie was in first grade, the girl struggled with learning to read. Like most parents, Iturralde blamed ...
Jonathan Butcher is the Will Skillman fellow in education at The Heritage Foundation and the author of “Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth” (Post Hill Press/Bombardier ...
The Universal Learning Solutions (ULS) has praised the Nigerian Federal Government for its leadership and the impressive gains demonstrated in the early grade literacy assessment. It said Nigeria has ...
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