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Students and parents can participate in focus groups on Oct. 25 and 30 to discuss specific reading programs. NYC has already mandated reading programs for elementary schools.

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Journalists are increasingly recognizing that the “science of reading” extends to building knowledge. But they need to get more specific about what that looks like.

It’s performance doubled the success of other districts recognized statewide. What can other metro-east districts learn from them?

The state faulted seven different curricula for lacking structured phonics lessons, complex texts and strategies for building student knowledge — essential components of the "science of reading."

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Eric Adams is pivoting New York City public schools to phonics. The debate about the best way to help children learn to read goes back years, but an overwhelming body of data has shown the benefit of having kids sound out letters and words.

By ALEXANDRA RETTER

A new semester means a whole new way of teaching reading at hundreds of schools in the nation’s largest school system.

Many students joyously returned to New York City’s nearly 1,600 schools on Thursday. But a possible bus strike and air conditioning issues dimmed some of the good vibes.