WESA

Common Core Reading: 'The New Colossus'

Part 1 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. The Common Core State Standards are changing what many kids read in school. They're standards, sure — not curriculum. Teachers and ...
Education Week

Districts Using ‘High-Quality’ Reading Curricula Still Supplement With Other Materials. Why?

As the “science of reading” movement has grown, more districts are moving away from reading programs featuring practices that aren’t supported by research, and toward programs that are rated highly by ...
Forbes

Four Lessons Science Of Reading Supporters Can Learn From Common Core

Bills mandating the “Science of Reading” have been passing left and right across the nation. While some, like the Pennsylvania bill that passed 201-0, provide gentle nudging and support, others, like ...
Casper Star-Tribune

State-by-state look at Common Core standards

Deputy Education Commissioner Les Morse said those districts will be held accountable for ensuring that student learning is in line with the state standards in English, language arts and reading that ...
EdSource

Berkeley schools use a discredited reading curriculum. Why is it still in classrooms?

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. This story is a collaboration between ...