Category: Reading
What you need to know about the new reading screenings | Quick Guide
Many of the screeners are done one-to-one and last about 10 minutes. Courtesy of UCSF Dyslexia Center Este artículo está […]
October 10, 2025
California implements reading risk screeners
Credit: Pexels / Mikhail Nilov Early screening assessment to identify students at risk for reading difficulties is essential to ensure […]
August 9, 2025
California retires RICA; new teacher test to focus on phonics
During small group reading instruction, AmeriCorps member Valerie Caballero reminds third graders in Porterville Unified to use their fingers to […]
June 24, 2025
Fresno Unified teachers condemn district for plan to cut extra class time for students
Fresno Unified School District will cut its Designated Schools program that provides 30 additional instructional minutes to over 24,000 students […]
February 14, 2025
How three teachers and a little kid taught me that phonics and meaning complement each other
A kindergarten student raises her hand in a dual-language immersion class. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education My post doc […]
December 23, 2024
To improve how California students read, we must get past confusion and misinformation
A student holds a flash card with the sight word ‘friend’ during a class at Nystrom Elementary in the West […]
May 24, 2024
California should follow Mississippi’s lead on reading instruction
Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource (2017) Parents of young kids starting to learn to read in California should consider moving […]
February 26, 2024
Seeing, Recognizing, Understanding, Thinking, Assessing, and Acting in and about the World Cannot Be Separated from the Term “Reading” | A Conversation with Patrick Shannon
I spoke by email with with Patrick W. Shannon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education, at Penn State, about his 2011 […]
October 16, 2022