Category: research-proven programs
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Leveled Reading Instruction Destroys Equity
Teaching students to read with instructional level reading groups keeps marginalized students marginalized. The system must be changed.
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Science of Reading: Will We Ever Learn?
States and school districts are ‘adopting the Science of Reading’ (Schwartz, 2025) as the basis of their early reading programs while critics, such as this recent opinion in the Wall Street Journal, are already saying it doesn’t work despite the incredible results Mississippi schools have achieved using their adopted Science of Reading program. Is this…
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Cooperative Learning: A Powerful Tool for Equity
Cooperative Learning: A Powerful Tool for Equity (Part I) Equity in our schools means that every student masters, at a minimum rigorous grade level standards set by each state, graduating high school ready for college and/or career. This is a daunting task for educators that requires relentless dedication, use of research proven instructional methods, and…
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We Know How To Teach All Students to Read: So Why Aren’t We?
Reading is essential for achieving equity in education: ensuring all students have whatever it takes for each of them to master rigorous grade level standards at a minimum. Reading opens the doors to all the other academic disciplines. We have years of data and research that confirms for us that students who fail to learn…
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Equity Requires All Students Be Readers
Reading on or above grade level is essential for student equity and student success in school. Learning to read is a complex task. It is not something that all children naturally learn even if they have been exposed to literate rich environments. This differs from how children learn to speak. However, there is a growing…