News Experts express concern about proposed definition of high-quality reading instruction by Rupen R. Fofaria | May 22, 2020 Words matter. State education leaders have grappled over the right words to define “high quality reading instruction” for more than...
News Here are a literacy task force’s initial ideas on bettering the teaching of reading by Liz Bell | May 12, 2020 A team of education leaders, charged with recommending improvements to reading instruction in classrooms across North Carolina, is refining its...
News Mapping Read To Achieve: How did districts fare last year? by Rupen R. Fofaria | May 4, 2020 Just before COVID-19 building closures and remote learning began, the Department of Public Instruction released reading proficiency data from last...
Featured Talking reading and policy with President Pro Tem Senator Phil Berger by Rupen R. Fofaria | March 25, 2020 Editor’s Note: Alex Granados and Mebane Rash edited this interview for length, clarity, and keeping it to policy. I’d like...
News This reading skill may not sound exciting, but is it the ‘missing piece’? by Rupen R. Fofaria | March 16, 2020 This is an article about phonemic proficiency. Don’t click away to that post on Three Ways to Fix Reading Scores Instantly just...
Perspective Perspective | In our quest to improve early reading in North Carolina, let’s remember the ‘Five W’s’ by Johanna Anderson | March 9, 2020 Growing up, one of my favorite shows was Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. For those who missed it, Nick News...
News Reading instruction needs to improve. Who will lead the charge, and how? by Rupen R. Fofaria, Liz Bell and Carol Bono | February 17, 2020 North Carolina is on a growing list of states that are studying Mississippi’s rising reading scores and discussing how to...
Perspective Perspective | Book Harvest’s Dream Big book drive by Jeanna White | February 4, 2020 “Everyone needs to become a good reader so that when they are an adult they will have a better life,”...
Perspective Perspective | NC’s Teacher of the Year recommends moving from retention to instructional support for students who struggle with reading by Mariah Morris | February 3, 2020 Recently, the issue of our Read to Achieve law with specific concern to how districts are retaining students who do...
Featured This North Carolina teacher prep program is labeled a national model. Here’s why. by Rupen R. Fofaria | January 28, 2020 Hank Weddington gets a lot of calls from principals in the area surrounding Lenoir-Rhyne University, where he is dean of...
News State leaders ask: How can North Carolina better teach kids to read? by Liz Bell | January 23, 2020 Education leaders and reading experts are asking how to shift reading instruction and proficiency in North Carolina as student results...
News North Carolina rethinks how to train teachers on reading instruction by Liz Bell | December 20, 2019 A group of education leaders and experts met for the first time Friday to decide how to better prepare teachers...
