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We can’t wait for this new webinar series!

Don’t miss Kristen McQuillan, our new Chief Program Officer, hosting this upcoming conversation on the role writing plays in reading success!

Don’t miss our new webinar series that will explore the unsung heroes of reading comprehension: writing, vocabulary development, and student discourse.

On July 19 at 10:00am ET, Natalie Wexler (The Knowledge Gap), Doug Lemov (Teach Like a Champion), and Julia Cooper (SchoolKit) will headline the premiere webinar on writing instruction as an unsung hero in reading success.

Join host Kristen McQuillan, from StandardsWork, for this rich conversation.

Register here: bit.ly/4eNoZRB

🎉We’re excited to see our new Chief Program Officer, Kristen McQuillan, host this exciting new Knowledge Matters Campaign webinar series!

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ACRVYns2Tlad6Y2ty4ekXA #/registration

Reading strategies are often treated as the MVPs of reading comprehension, when in fact, it’s a team sport, and we need to honor all the players and how they work together.

Don’t miss our new webinar series that will explore the unsung heroes of reading comprehension: writing, vocabulary development, and student discourse.

On July 19 at 10:00am ET, Natalie Wexler (The Knowledge Gap), Doug Lemov (Teach Like a Champion), and Julia Cooper (SchoolKit) will headline the premiere webinar on writing instruction as an unsung hero in reading success. Join host Kristen McQuillan for this rich conversation.

Register here: bit.ly/4eNoZRB

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JICYMI: has joined StandardsWork as the Chief Program Officer “to lead a new boutique consulting practice for districts that have made the shift to high-quality, knowledge-rich ELA curriculum.”

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🔗: https://standardswork.org/services/

We are delighted to announce that Kristen McQuillan
has joined StandardsWork as our new Chief Program Officer to lead a new boutique consulting practice for districts that have made the shift to high-quality, knowledge-rich ELA curriculum.

https://standardswork.org/services/

"Oral language—a key component of reading development—gets short shrift, she said. And the idea that students’ background knowledge contributes to their reading comprehension is almost entirely absent."

What 'Science of Reading' Laws Emphasize—And What They Omit A new report analyzes reading legislation passed between 2019 and 2022.

“We wish [Science of Reading was seen] as a systems issue—not an issue that we’re going to solve teacher by teacher, by converting” individuals.

Don't miss this report on state legislation from :

What 'Science of Reading' Laws Emphasize—And What They Omit A new report analyzes reading legislation passed between 2019 and 2022.

'“Staying the Course” found Delaware districts that adopted evidence-based, peer-reviewed curriculum and provided teacher training centered on the instructional materials are reporting impressive outcomes.'

For the sake of our children’s learning, let’s embrace the spirit of rebellion A district curriculum director writes that educators and students must be empowered with high-quality instructional materials to transform learning.

Tennessee "aligned everything from teacher licensure requirements to instructional materials to interventions for struggling students to the science of reading."

Including knowledge-building curriculum statewide!

FutureEd spotlights :

Report Shows Groundswell of New Support in States for Science of Reading Olson: TN, MS and other states have enacted laws that spurred redesigned literacy instruction and raised student achievement in thousands of schools.

“It's like the critical sequel to Emily Handford’s “Sold a Story.”

High praise – and we concur!

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Catch this Knowledge Matters Campaign podcast with Natalie Wexler if you haven’t:

https://knowledgematterscampaign.org/podcast/

"Each lesson in OpenSciEd curriculum asks students to look at information, analyze it, and ask themselves what makes sense and what doesn’t."

Read more from MS science teacher & former lab scientist Othell Begay of Farmington Municipal Schools.

New Mexico Teacher, Once a Lab Scientist, Applies Real Science to Lessons With the implementation of high-quality curriculum OpenSciEd, students can learn as scientific investigators — like in the real world.

“Now, 14 states are prioritizing the adoption of evidence-based learning materials like textbooks, arguing that PowerPoint slides and lessons gathered from the internet are easy to obtain but are often low-quality.”

Holly Korbey on the curriculum space:

Should Textbooks Still Play a Role in Schools? Good textbooks, educators and researchers increasingly argue, offer cohesion and structure where internet-sourced curricula fall short.

“This is the beginning of a massive turnaround.”

David C. Banks, the chancellor, announcing an important and widely-lauded plan to improve curriculum in New York City Public Schools.

New York Is Forcing Schools to Change How They Teach Children to Read Half of children in grades three to eight fail reading tests. The city’s schools chancellor, who has faulted the current approach, will begin rolling out new curriculums next year.

Our co-founder Sue Pimentel has advice for those looking to address our troubling NAEP history & civics scores:

👉 We must focus on reading.

More in her latest for Education Week:

How To Fix the Shockingly Low NAEP History and Civic Scores (Opinion) We need more civics and history in literacy lessons and more deliberate literacy instruction in civics and history, argues Susan Pimentel.

School-Wide Efforts to Build Knowledge Over Time Matter for Later Reading Achievement - Knowledge Matters Campaign School-Wide Efforts to Build Knowledge Over Time Matter for Later Reading Achievement April 17 2023 – Sonia Q. Cabell A new working paper from The Annenberg Institute at Brown University was recently released reporting on a study by David Grissmer and colleagues out of the University of Virginia. ...

Our co-founder Sue Pimentel has advice for those looking to address our troubling NAEP history & civics scores:

“We have to attack the problem in two ways—shifting what happens in English class and changing how we teach civics and history. We need to include more civics and history in literacy lessons and add more deliberate literacy instruction in civics and history.”

More in her latest for EdWeek:

How To Fix the Shockingly Low NAEP History and Civic Scores (Opinion) We need more civics and history in literacy lessons and more deliberate literacy instruction in civics and history, argues Susan Pimentel.

“The cumulative long-term gain from kindergarten to sixth grade for the Core Knowledge students was approximately 16 percentile points…At the one low-income school in the study, the gains were large enough to eliminate altogether the achievement gap”

At long last, E.D. Hirsch, Jr. gets his due: New research shows big benefits from Core Knowledge A new study demonstrates unusually robust and beneficial effects on reading achievement among students in schools that teach E.D. Hirsch’s Core Knowledge curriculum. The working paper offers compelling evidence to support what many of us have long believed: Hirsch has been right all along about wh...

“The movement has drawn support across economic, racial and political lines. Its champions include parents of children with dyslexia; civil rights activists with ; lawmakers from both sides of the aisle; & everyday teachers & principals.”

‘Kids Can’t Read’: The Revolt That Is Taking On the Education Establishment Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results?

Don’t miss Nikki DiRanna, director of curriculum & instruction for San Marcos Unified School District in southern California, detail how her district has found success with their slow & steady implementation of high quality science instructional materials!

In California, ‘Slow and Steady’ Is Winning With a Tougher Science Curriculum How San Marcos Unified School District found success with implementing a new high-quality curriculum.

All Tennessee districts adopted high-quality ELA curriculum in 2020, and three our of four districts saw gains in reading outcomes in 2022 assessments!

Hear from three districts about their work, and Tennessee Department of Education's efforts to seed success with high-quality curriculum.

Highly recommended!

Curriculum-Aligned Professional Learning at Statewide Scale - Curriculum Matters Our community has long preached the importance of pairing high-quality curriculum with professional learning that is specific to those materials, giving teachers the What, the Why, and the How for strong instruction. Research has shown that this approach has a strong evidence base, whereas professio...

Helping Students Access Complex, Knowledge-Rich Texts Three key text-related strategies that support reading comprehension.

We’re excited to share this announcement from the Knowledge Matters Campaign!

Natalie Wexler weighs in on how states needs ensure teachers have the why, they what and they how when making changes to the "science of reading."

"There’s a dizzying amount of activity going on in some states and school districts, spurred by the push to bring classroom practice in line with the “science of reading.” But not all of that activity translates into better reading instruction."

Read the rest here:

Teachers Need The Why, The What, And The How For Change To Happen There’s a dizzying amount of activity going on in some states and school districts, spurred by the push to bring classroom practice in line with the “science of reading.” But not all of that activity translates into better reading instruction.

"Our curriculum modules have the potential to be more than just lessons that teach the ELA standards. They are a foundation for teachers to create rich and meaningful learning experiences that build knowledge and confidence in our students, equipping them with skills to tackle complex literacy tasks and engage with high level texts as strong readers and writers. Learning at Battle Academy is an experience, not just an assignment."

-Jennifer Whalen, assistant principal for Battle Academy for Teaching and Learning in Hamilton County Schools

New Curriculum Adoption Helps Tennessee District Achieve Joy in Classrooms 3 years after a challenging shift to high-quality curriculum, students are more confident — and competent — than ever before

❔How do we change the message that the Science of Reading is only about foundational skills? It is about all of the parts of Scarborough's Rope that are necessary for helping children become readers!
https://dyslexiaida.org/scarboroughs-reading-rope-a-groundbreaking-infographic/

🎧 Listen here: https://www.literacypodcast.com/podcast or https://www.youtube.com/

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🎉 We are thrilled to start off the new year sharing an important conversation with two phenomenal guests.

💙 Author and professor Daniel Willingham, shares research on the important role knowledge plays in comprehension.

💙 Executive Director of Knowledge Matters Campaign, Barbara Davidson, highlights strong curricula and resources related to knowledge-building ELA from the new Explore Curricula section of the Knowledge Matters website: https://knowledgematterscampaign.org/explore-curricula/

🎧 Listen here: https://www.literacypodcast.com/podcast or https://www.youtube.com/

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Scott Langford shares in Education Week the ways that high-quality curriculum is fueling better writing in Sumner County!


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How One District Found Success by Overhauling Writing Instruction The district anchored its new approach to writing in rich content linked to its new English/language arts curriculum.

Why Tennessee Should Be the National Model for Literacy - Curriculum Matters Tennessee has been in the news this year for our reading progress – well-deserved recognition for a smart strategy, well-executed. As states look for ways to improve reading outcomes, I believe the Tennessee model should be the Go To approach. Here’s why.  Tennessee hasn’t just trained teache...