by Dan DeMarle | Mar 12, 2024 | Classroom, Dyslexia, Learning Disability, Reading, Teaching
Hochul’s budget, 2 bills would enable training Diana Dombrowski Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK “Two different efforts to require the so-called “science of reading” in New York schools aim to improve the state’s low reading scores by making...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 24, 2024 | Classroom, Dyslexia, Learning Disability, Reading, Teaching
Should New York’s schools get behind ‘the science of reading’? Diana Dombrowski Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK”New York’s youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 22, 2024 | Classroom, Dyslexia, Learning Disability, Reading, Teaching
Learning to read isn’t fair. It comes naturally for some students. But for others it’s a frustrating, agonizing process that, if left unaddressed, can cause long-standing academic problems. Ask D’Mekeus Cook Jr., a fourth grader from Louisiana, who...
by Dan DeMarle | Oct 3, 2023 | Classroom, Reading, Reading, Teaching, Teaching, Teaching, Uncategorized
Receiving services may increase reading achievement, but the timing may matter. Key points In a recent study, we explored if receiving special education services increases early reading achievement. We observed positive effects on reading achievement, particularly...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 2, 2023 | Classroom, Parents/Guardians, Reading, Reading, Teaching, Uncategorized
By Heather Hollingsworth Published 6:32 PM EDT, April 20, 2023 Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 31, 2023 | Classroom, Digital Divide, Race/Racism, Reading, Teaching, Uncategorized
WXXI News | By Noelle E. C. Evans Published August 24, 2023 at 3:39 PM EDT A group of kindergartners make their way to a large rug by the windows of a classroom at Allendale Columbia School. In a couple of weeks, many of them will be entering a new grade level at the...
