Science of Reading resources

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I support science-based training and curriculum

I spoke at the State Board of Education meeting today because I support our teachers and schools having science-based training and curriculum …

Why I stood for literacy

I did not initially think Indiana was facing a literacy crisis. Then I began to volunteer with my church. In asking elementary …

Stand for Children Indiana praises General Assembly for passing plan to address literacy crisis

INDIANAPOLIS – The following statement was issued today by Stand for Children Indiana’s Executive Director Justin Ohlemiller after the passage of House …

Too many Indiana kids cannot read. This bill can help.

I support House Bill 1558. Because I am a reader and my children are readers and even my grandchildren are readers. I …

Skipping over the basics

Thinking back on how I was taught to read, I don’t know that all of it was beneficial. While it has been …

What is the science of reading?

You may or may not have heard of the expression, “the Science of Reading.” Like so many buzz phrases in education, you …

Why does the Science of Reading matter?

Reading is important. I believe it might be the most important thing our children learn in school because children who struggle to …

Indiana’s literacy crisis

Indiana is neck-deep in a literacy crisis. Just slightly more than one in three Hoosier children (37%) are reading on grade level …

NEWS

Read this to learn more about the science of reading and why Lucy Calkins has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading.

Calkins has been a pre-eminent leader of “balanced literacy,” a loosely defined teaching philosophy. In recent years, parents and educators who champion the “science of reading” have fiercely criticized Professor Calkins and other supporters of balanced literacy.

In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat

Read about the largest financial investment for student literacy in state history.

A focus of the initiative is for educators to use the “science of reading” to teach literacy. This isn’t a specific curriculum or program, but a body of research on children’s brain development, instruction, and best practices that provides educators with multiple strategies for teaching kids how to read.

State of Indiana & Lilly Endowment Announce $111 Million Investment to Support Early Literacy for Hoosier Students

Indiana to invest $111M into improving early literacy, with help from the Lilly Endowment

additional RESOURCES

Science of Reading resources from the Indiana Department of Education

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