What We’re Reading

While white students get specialists, struggling Black and Latino readers often get left on their own…

By: Sarah Carr

-The Hechinger Report

“Research shows that frequent, intensive tutoring — one-on-one or in small groups, multiple times a week — is one of the most effective ways to help students make up for academic gaps…”

By: Sarah Mervosh

- NY Times

Is the Bottom Falling Out for Readers Who Struggle the Most?

By: Sarah D. Sparks

- Ed Week

For schoolchildren struggling to read, COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball

By: Sarah Carr

- Boston Globe

Literacy education can’t wait until after the pandemic

By: Kim Sweet

- NY Daily News

Zipcode Destiny: The Persistent Power Of Place And Education

-Hidden Brain Podcast/NPR

After Years of Parent Advocacy, NYC is Piloting Dyslexia Screening Tool at Two Brooklyn Schools

(Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Yoav Gonen)

-Bklyner

Basic Literacy A Crucial Tool To Stem School To Prison Pipeline

By: Christopher Zoukis

-HuffPost

A two-tiered system: Families who can’t afford private evaluations struggle to secure special ed services

By: Yoav Gonen

-Chalkbeat

The Biggest Threat to Our Democracy: Illiteracy and the Science-Deniers Who Contribute to it

By: Kareem Weaver

-CoreLearn