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In 2024, education will build systems that champion the science of reading

eSchool News

Here are a few specific predictions about what that could look like in 2024 for policymakers, schools and districts, educators, and publishers. Educators Educators, including teachers, specialists, and practitioners, have been an essential driving force in the movement to know more about the science of reading.

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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PROOF POINTS: ‘Right-to-read’ settlement spurred higher reading scores in California’s lowest performing schools, study finds

The Hechinger Report

A pair of Stanford University education researchers studied whether the settlement made a difference, and their conclusion was that yes, it did. The Sacramento County Office of Education served as an outside administrator, approving plans and overseeing them. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios

Edsurge

state has begun, in varying degrees, to reopen businesses and relax lockdown restrictions, there is still little certainty—or consensus—as to what the future of education holds this fall. The summer is also an opportunity for educators to improve the quality of their remote instruction, in the event they must teach remotely again.

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3 steps to implementing an ecosystem of phonics-based learning

eSchool News

Unless they develop foundational reading skills early, students will experience literacy deficits across all subjects, and phonics instruction embedded in comprehensive reading instruction is the most effective way to teach them how to read. We considered every perspective to get everyone behind our final decision.

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Curriculum Associates Launches Magnetic Reading to Help Students Build Confidence While Mastering Critical Reading Skills

eSchool News

To do this work, we partnered with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education to ensure that each Magnetic Reading unit comprises texts that effectively build knowledge in critical areas. Built using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines, Magnetic Reading also notably helps all students engage with high-quality, grade-level texts.

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A ‘Learning Ecosystem’ Approach to Ed-Tech Acquisition

Digital Promise

When I think about how the adoption and acquisition of technology is changing in K-12 education, it brings to mind the well-known Sydney Harris cartoon. ” That’s when districts think in terms bigger than technology, bringing together plans for strategy, technology, instruction, and curriculum.

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