2024
July 7, 2024
The Economist: “Will artificial intelligence transform school?â€
June 24, 2024
Chalkbeat: “Math instruction overhaul: NYC unveils new curriculum mandate for middle and high ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappâ€
June 6, 2024
EdNC: “Perspective | Teachers are the heroes of the literacy story in North Carolinaâ€
May 24, 2024
The Dallas Morning News: “How Don Quixote changed a Dallas public school classroomâ€
May 2, 2024
Akron.com: “Tutoring program at Summit Academy Akron Elementary School attracts national interestâ€
April 25, 2024
Edutopia: “Using Tech Tools to Energize Young Students’ Math Learningâ€
April 4, 2024
EdNC: “State Board hears update on district ESSER spending, literacy data, and Restart ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappâ€
March 22, 2024
Thomas B Fordham Institute: “Five takeaways from Ohio’s baseline survey of elementary reading curriculaâ€
March 15, 2024
The 74: “New Data: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Students Face a ‘Much Harder Journey’ Aheadâ€
March 5, 2024
The 74: “Case Study: How One Texas School District Is Repurposing Staff Development Time to Embrace the Science of Readingâ€
February 21, 2024
Times Record News: “UPDATED: Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath likes what he sees at local schoolâ€
February 19, 2024
Chalkbeat: “Chicago Public Schools recover from pandemic declines more than other districts, study showsâ€
February 7, 2024
The 74: “Building Oral Language Skills and Equity Through High-Quality Reading Curriculumâ€
2023
December 19, 2023
The 74: “Best Education Articles of 2023: Our 23 Most Important Stories About Students, Schools & Learning Recovery â€
December 8, 2023
Education Week: “Aligned Science Curriculum, Better Scores? Research Finds a Connectionâ€
December 6, 2023
WRAL News: “Reading readiness rises in NC’s K-3 classrooms, new data showsâ€
November 27, 2023
The Dallas Morning News: “Dallas’ new lessons aim to keep kids on track, but some worry about limiting teachersâ€
November 2, 2023
Fort Worth Report: “Black ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp in Fort Worth ISD still struggle to read at grade levelâ€
October 31, 2023
Chicago Tribune: “Lake Forest-area ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp take stock of state grades; ‘While we celebrate our successes, we acknowledge that the journey … is ongoing’â€
October 19, 2023
Chalkbeat: “NYC eyes middle and high school literacy overhaul. It’s asking families to weigh in.â€
October 16, 2023
The 74: “As Virginia Rolls Out Ambitious Statewide High-Dosage Tutoring Effort This Week, 3 Keys to Successâ€
October 6, 2023
Language Magazine: “Embracing Bilingual Assessmentâ€
September 18, 2023
Tech & Learning: “Best for Back to School 2023â€
September 18, 2023
Chalkbeat: “Chicago Public Schools hired hundreds of tutors with federal COVID money. Can they keep them?â€
September 7, 2023
EdNC: “Perspective | Union County Public Schools empowers educators, elevates readersâ€
August 14, 2023
Chicago Parent: “Common Core Math: How to Help Your Kidsâ€
August 6, 2023
The News & Observer: “NC sees big increase in reading skills among K-3 ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp. Is the state back on track?â€
August 4, 2023
The 74: “Slow Literacy Gains, Long COVID in Kids: 7 Insights into Pandemic Recovery and Aftermath in U.S. Schoolsâ€
August 3, 2023
EdNC: “State Board of Education: New reading data, parental leave, and a call to support public ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappâ€
July 28, 2023
Houston Public Media: “New literacy curriculum is among the many changes coming to HISDâ€
July 17, 2023
Houston Chronicle: “Mike Miles says HISD ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp will teach the ‘science of reading.’ Here’s what that means.â€
July 11, 2023
The 74: “‘Education’s Long COVID’: New Data Shows Recovery Stalled for Most Studentsâ€
July 6, 2023
Houston Chronicle: “HISD superintendent gives voluntary ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp one last chance to back out of New Education Systemâ€
June 29, 2023
The Report Card: “Larry Berger on Curriculumâ€
June 2, 2023
EdWeek Market Brief:”K-12 Dealmaking: Substitute Teaching Startup Secures $38M; ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Raises Undisclosed Series Câ€
May 25, 2023
The 74: “Expanding Access to Tutors: Nonprofit Grants $6 Million to 32 Learning Organizations Across 20 States to Help More Studentsâ€
April 21, 2023
The 74: “The ‘Transformation is Real’ as Science of Reading Takes Hold in N.C. Schoolsâ€
April 18, 2023
The 74: “Louisiana District Ravaged by Hurricane & COVID is Bouncing Back with Scienceâ€
April 5, 2023
WFAE: “NC midyear reading data shows gains, but third-grade goals remain elusiveâ€
April 5, 2023
EdNC: “K-3 ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp show growth in literacy skills, mid-year DPI data showâ€
March 24, 2023
The 74: “COVID & School Recovery: Critics Warn Washington Bill Would Reduce Classroom Learning Time By 4 Hours a Weekâ€
March 24, 2023
Edutopia: “Using Collective Leadership to Make a Major Shift in Your Districtâ€
March 15, 2023
K-12 Dive: “California at center of latest push for science-based reading approachesâ€
March 7, 2023
District Administration: “ESSER pressure: How one district intends to spend wisely as deadline loomsâ€
March 3, 2023
The 74: “‘The Other Long COVID’ Affecting Kids: Missed Opportunitiesâ€
March 2, 2023
3 WTKR: “More ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp on track to learn to read in 2022-2023 school year since start of pandemic, researchers sayâ€
March 2, 2023
ABC 7: “Reading skills rebounding for young ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp following pandemic disruptionsâ€
March 1, 2023
K-12 Dive: “By The Numbers: DIBELS testing shows improved reading progress over last two yearsâ€
February 27, 2023
The 74: “Exclusive: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’â€
February 27, 2023
Education Week: “Students’ Early Literacy Skills Are Rebounding. See What the Data Showâ€
February 7, 2023
The 74: “Using High-Quality Curriculum Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Still Have Fun Learningâ€
January 13, 2023
NPR: “Can a middle school class help scientists create a cooler place to play?â€
January 6, 2023
News & Record: “After a numbing low, NC ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp now heading in ‘right direction’ in reading, mathâ€
January 5, 2023
CBS17.com: “K-3 ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp in NC make significant strides on literacy exams, DPI saysâ€
2022
December 20, 2022
District Administration: “Literacy Under the Lights: 10 ways to bring the community back togetherâ€
December 14, 2022
The 74: “14 Charts This Year That Helped Us Better Understand Covid’s Impact On Students Teachers and Schoolsâ€
December 14, 2022
The 74: “Learning Loss Is Worse than NAEP Showed. Middle School Math Must Be the Priorityâ€
November 21, 2022
Voicebot.ai: “SoapBox Labs Brings Child-Centered Voice AI to Dyslexia Detection Assessmentâ€
October 24, 2022
Education Week: “Two Decades of Progress, Nearly Gone: National Math, Reading Scores Hit Historic Lowsâ€
October 20, 2022
The 74: “Exclusive Literacy Data: Small Gains Since Last Fall, But No Reading Reboundâ€
August 30, 2022
The 74: “Test English Learners in the Languages They Speak at School and at Homeâ€
August 29, 2022
WTKR TV NC: “News 3 investigates childhood literacy rates, raising money to give books to local kids for new school yearâ€
August 28, 2022
EdNC: “Elementary ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp made growth last year in skills that lead to reading proficiency, new data showâ€
August 18, 2022
SHRM Blog: “The Great Resignation Skipped Us. Here’s why.â€
August 16, 2022
Forbes: “Curious About Knowledge-Building Curricula? Check Out This Websiteâ€
July 20, 2022
District Administration: “Out-of-school STEM learning is much more powerful when it’s inclusiveâ€
July 19, 2022
Chalkbeat: “The state of learning loss: 7 takeaways from the latest dataâ€
June 28, 2022
The Preschool Podcast: “Early literacy strategies that stick with Darryl from Run-DMC and Makeda from Nickelodeon [Podcast]â€
May 24, 2022
Forbes: “States That Want To Boost Literacy Should Keep An Eye On Texasâ€
April 24, 2022
Business Ecosystem Alliance: “Ecosystems in Education–Collaborating to Efficiently Serve the End Userâ€
April 18, 2022
KQED Mind Shift: “Weighing the best strategies for reading interventionâ€
April 15, 2022
Fordham Institute: “Assessing a standards-aligned physical science curriculumâ€
March 23, 2022
The Baltimore Sun: “National test scores show student gains from in-person learning in all but a critical group: new and pre-readers | COMMENTARYâ€
March 15, 2022
NPR: “Two years ago ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp shut down around the world. These are the biggest impactsâ€
March 11, 2022
The Hub – Dallas ISD: “Students at Greiner and Anson Jones Elementary find success in reading and writing with a new programâ€
March 10, 2022
NY Daily News: “Read it and weep: The new reading instruction emergencyâ€
March 10, 2022
WISH TV Indianapolis: “Study shows student performance plummeted during pandemicâ€
March 9, 2022
New York Post: “Young ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp have suffered ‘alarming’ drops in reading skills during pandemicâ€
March 9, 2022
The Daily Caller: “Childhood Literacy Plummeted Following Pandemic Shutdowns, Studies Showâ€
March 8, 2022
The New York Times: “It’s ‘Alarming’: Children Are Severely Behind in Readingâ€
March 7, 2022
Education Next: “The Education Exchange: Pandemic Hurt Younger Students’ Learning Worse, ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Data Suggestâ€
February 28, 2022
The 74: “Our 12 Best Education Articles in February: Reflections on 700 Days of COVID Chaos, Setting a Bar for Unmasking in Schools, Burying Schools in Record Requests & Moreâ€
February 24, 2022
The Daily Advertiser: “Reading scores improve slightly, but pre-COVID reading levels are ‘the wrong goal’â€
February 24, 2022
Wall Street Journal: “The School Shutdowns and Lost Literacyâ€
February 23, 2022
K-12 Dive: “DIBELS data illustrates pandemic reading setbacksâ€
February 22, 2022
ABC 7 Buffalo: “Children falling behind in readingâ€
February 18, 2022
The Carolina Journal: “Report: Elementary ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp lag in literacy due to pandemicâ€
February 16, 2022
The 74: “‘We Have First-Graders Who Can’t Sing the Alphabet Song’: Pandemic Continues to Push Young Readers Off Track, New Data Showsâ€
February 16, 2022
Education Week: “More Than 1 in 3 Children Who Started School in the Pandemic Need ‘Intensive’ Reading Helpâ€
February 4, 2022
Literary Hub: “EXCLUSIVE: Watch Joshua Bennett Discuss A.R. Ammons’s poem “Cascadilla Fallsâ€
January 26, 2022
The Ross Kaminsky Show: “Susan Lambert and the Literacy Gap”
January 19, 2022
K-12 Dive: “Report: Colorado reading law update boosts quality of literacy curriculum”
2021
December 15, 2021
Chalkbeat: “How Denver plans to address a drop in early elementary reading scores”
December 8, 2021
The SHRM Blog: “What’s the Best Work Perk of All? Contributing to the Social Good”
November 13, 2021
Hechinger Report: ‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind”
October 20, 2021
Hechinger Report: “OPINION: Younger ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp were among those most hurt during the pandemic”
September 2, 2021
EdSurge: “An Edtech User’s Glossary to Speech Recognition and AI in the Classroom”
September, 2021
SIIA Education: “ED TECH SUCCESS STORIES”
August 23, 2021
CNN: “Irish tech firm helps kids’ voices be heard”
August 18, 2021
SoapBox Labs: “Can Speech Recognition Help Children Learn to Read?”
August 12, 2021
FOX Chicago Broadcast Interview: “Pandemic widens literacy gap for ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp”
August 3, 2021
T.H.E Journal: “More Students of Color at Risk in Reading After Pandemic”
July 28, 2021
The 74: “Early Reading Skills See a Rebound From In-Person Learning, But Racial Gaps Have Grown Wider, Tests Show”
July 28, 2021
K-12 Dive: “Reports: Math, reading progress slowed during first full school year of pandemic”
July 20, 2021
EdNC: “The mCLASS reading assessment tool is back in North Carolina classrooms, but it’s going to look different”
July 5, 2021
WBAL: “Baltimore ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp from all socio-economic backgrounds get a chance to ‘¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp’ their learning skills”
June 15, 2021
Language Magazine: “Using Evidence to Overcome Adversity”
May 7, 2021
The Dallas Morning News: “How can a one-minute kindergarten test help teachers tackle the ‘COVID slide’?”
April 20, 2021
Education Week: “How Teachers and Curriculum Will Shape Ed Tech’s Future: A CEO Makes the Case”
March 24, 2021
The Hechinger Report: “OPINION: Children will need summer tutors to make up for pandemic learning loss”
March 23, 2021
Education Week: “Most States Fail to Measure Teachers’ Knowledge of the ‘Science of Reading,’ Report Says”
March 17, 2021
Axios: “How online education and tutoring could fight COVID learning loss”
March 16, 2021
USA Today: “Students are struggling to read behind masks and screens during COVID-19, but ‘expectations are no different’”
March 16, 2021
The 74: “Schools and COVID, a Year Later: 12 Months After Classrooms Closed, 12 Key Things We’ve Learned About How the Pandemic Disrupted Student Learning”
February 25, 2021
K–12 Dive: “Reading gaps widen in mid-year data, especially for K-1 ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp of color”
February 24, 2021
The 74: “One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show”
February 17, 2021
NBC Los Angeles: “Local Students Design Rovers in Mission to Mars Student Challenge”
February 5, 2021
District Administration: “To save literacy, focus first on high-quality core instruction”
February 4, 2021
The Hechinger Report: “5 ways ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp hope to fight Covid-19 learning loss”
January 5, 2021
The 74: “Science Matters Now More than Ever. The Time to Start Teaching It Is in Elementary School”