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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

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Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Ohio is dedicating millions to a curriculum overhaul. But a national policy group says many states still have significant work to do to ensure strong reading instruction. We cannot continue to accept the reading outcomes that we’ve been seeing,” she said.

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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now

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Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 5th Day of Edtech, our story focuses on post-COVID reading instruction. Im in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading.

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When embracing the ‘science of reading,’ we can’t leave out older students

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Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the science of reading for older students.

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What students are reading

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While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. Each year, I document my #BritReads reading journey on my social media channels.

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I didn’t learn how to teach reading in my teacher prep program

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After college, I was accepted into a graduate program to get my teaching certificate and Master of Arts in Teaching. But I was never taught HOW to teach students to read. It didn’t take long for me to recognize that a handful of my students could not read the district-provided curriculum.

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How a teacher uses comics to teach social justice

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Years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to get a bit of side-eye when I talked about teaching with comics. I’ve spent about a decade as the chair of the social studies department at Wissahickon High School, where I teach grades 9-12. I was pursuing my master’s degree as a reading specialist and was the only male in the whole program.

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Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

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Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

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