Kindergartners who got a science-oriented literacy curriculum outperformed peers who got the standard approach.| nataliewexler.substack.com
Schools usually focus on teaching comprehension skills instead of general knowledge—even though education researchers know better.| The Atlantic
The Core Knowledge curriculum is a K-8 curriculum focused on building students General Knowledge about the world they live in that is hypothesized to increase reading comprehension and Reading/English-LA achievement. This study utilizes an experimental design to evaluate the long term effects of attending Charter schools teaching the Core Knowledge curriculum. Fourteen oversubscribed kindergarten lotteries for enrollment in nine Core Knowledge Charter schools using the curriculum had 2310 stu...| edworkingpapers.com
In 2017, Emily Hanford began investigating how children are taught to read. In a series of ongoing reports, collected here, she helped teachers, parents and policymakers recognize widespread flaws in instruction and helped spark a movement to bring the science of reading to schools.| features.apmreports.org
