Q&A with Megan MacFeat, Baltimore literacy coach Before we started working with Leading Educators, our early literacy teachers had some knowledge of the science of reading but a lot of them, similar to myself, either did not have that in undergraduate, or they’re coming from non-traditionally certified programs that aren’t teaching these best practices,” says … Continued
Partnerships in Action As national momentum builds around the science of reading, Baltimore City Public Schools’ partnership with Leading Educators offers a powerful example of what is possible for students when educators have the support to build ongoing expertise in how students learn to read and write. Students saw double-digit gains in foundational skills on … Continued
Partnerships in Action In 2023, Leading Educators concluded a two-year partnership with Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to build and implement a strategy for curriculum implementation efforts focused on realizing the community’s deep investment in the right to read. Following a robust curriculum review process involving community input, OUSD partnered with Leading Educators to launch … Continued
Q&A with Rebecca Anderson, Literacy Coordinator in OUSD Scaling and changing curriculums is hard, but the model that Leading Educators used to train our coaches helped. We wouldn’t have been able to do that alone,” says Rebecca Anderson, a literacy coordinator in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). For the district, high-quality curricula presented an opportunity … Continued
A New Approach to School Turnaround Charleston County School District is on the rise despite national trends due to strategic investments in helping teachers and students continuously learn. Three years into an ambitious turnaround initiative known as Acceleration Schools, Charleston County School district saw significant improvement in math and ELA learning, countering national declines. 100% … Continued
Q&A with Jamilah Sanchez, Literacy Coordinator Students needed access to the Common Core, and our data reflected that. We realized we needed to be aligned with the science of reading and ensure our students had access to foundational literacy, a strong core curriculum aligned to the standards, and robust literature that allowed students to see … Continued
Part 3: Bringing the Science of Reading to Life in Secondary Literacy Professional Learning This blog is the third part in a series on giving secondary students access to the science of reading. Read part one and part two. When teachers learn, students learn. That’s why Leading Educators is exploring how to bring the science … Continued
Part 2: Challenges & Solutions This blog is the second part of an ongoing series on giving secondary students access to the science of reading. Read part one. More than 50 years of flawed science guiding reading instruction in our K-12 schools have created challenges for secondary students that can seem insurmountable. Why Reading Matters … Continued
Part 1: Imagine What’s Possible Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.” There is a densely packed class of 10th graders in a large, urban high school in Southeast Michigan intently studying words like this in their linguistics course each day. They learn how morphology unlocks meaning in complex words. They practice decoding long words – and shorter ones, too. They … Continued
Moving from Conversation to Systemic Action A seismic shift has been underway in education—one that has the potential to reshape the way we teach children the fundamental skill of reading. The “science of reading” movement is gaining momentum across the United States, challenging widely used but debunked approaches to reading instruction and sparking a nationwide … Continued
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