Cassidy highlights literacy crisis rooted in 'disproven' teaching method
Sen. Bill Cassidy has released a report sounding the alarm on dismal child literacy scores and the "ineffective" tools used to teach students to read.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy has released a report sounding the alarm on dismal child literacy scores and the "ineffective" tools used to teach students to read.
"To be honest, for a while there I wasn't sure if it was going to happen," admitted the girls' mother.
Some colleges are reimagining their curriculums to match research on science-backed ways to help students learn to read.
A phonics-based system dubbed the “science of reading” has proven effective and should be universally adopted.
In 2023, there were 67 Illinois schools where not a single student tested proficient in math and 32 where no student tested proficient in reading. Yet officials in those schools