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In Rural Missouri Classrooms, a New Approach to Reading Is Taking Hold

In early 2026, a small group of first-grade students at Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in St. James, Missouri, sat ...
Psychology Today

What Your First Grader’s Writing Shows About Reading

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...
wsbt

Operation Education: Familiar initiative helping early literacy at South Bend schools

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — The South Bend Community School Corporation is renewing its focus on boosting foundational reading skills for the littlest learners. A familiar program will be helping. Tutor ...
KTBS

Skill over scores: Caddo Schools push first grade reading rule, new AI policies

SHREVEPORT, La. - Caddo Parish is drawing a line in the sand -- this school year, what students know may matter more than what they score on tests. Caddo Parish School Board members recently advanced ...

Oklahoma's low childhood literacy at front of mind for lawmakers

Oklahoma lawmakers are debating a bill to retain struggling third-grade readers, aiming to boost the state's low literacy ...