K-2 teachers reported spending an average of 80 mins a day on literacy instruction and 31 minutes of that time was devoted to phonics. This falls slightly below the National Reading Panel's daily recommendation of 90 mins of uninterrupted literacy instruction for K- 2 students.

In Grades K–2 and older remedial readers all benefit from being taught how to use letter sounds & spelling patterns to decode words. The use of systematic approaches or programs of phonics instruction were found to be more effective than more opportunistic/responsive approaches.

Growing the Science of Reading Movement — Goyen Foundation goyen.io/blog/growingth…

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Nicole Williams in the equity article wrote, “as we fight to make this country authentically just, we must recognize schools are the linchpin for that political and civic process.” This is a tremendous read, thus we are sharing: unbounded.org/blog/the-scien…

British A. Robinson, president and CEO of the Barbara Bush Foundation, said, “America’s low literacy crisis is largely ignored, historically underfunded and woefully under-researched, despite being one of the great solvable problems of our time." #EndTheNationalReadingCrisis

Learn more about Dr. Jeff Howard from Efficacy Institute in this interview. ow.ly/jXuj50HNs2W

K-2 teachers reported spending an average of 80 minutes a day on literacy instruction and 31 minutes of that time was devoted specifically to phonics (EdWeek Survey). This falls slightly below the National Reading Panel's daily recommendation! #EndTheNationalReadingCrisis

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When asked to identify the five essential components of literacy instruction only 55% of K-2 teachers and 78% of postsecondary teachers could identify all five according to The International Literacy Association (ILA) survey of Fall 2019. Source: EdWeek Survey

Why - it takes more than phonics. Teachers aren’t trained in the science of reading so those hours are generally unproductive. boonphilanthropy.org/the-reading-cr… #EndTheNationalReadingCrisis

Do the math. 80 minutes x 5 days per week, x 9 months of school year, x 3 years = how many hours? STILL 66% of kids by fourth grade don’t reach grade level reading. How is this OK? Help us, help teachers: boonphilanthropy.org/fundraising-an… #EndTheNationalReadingCrisis

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The poverty limitation on educational success is largely surmountable but change will require schools to recognize their pedagogical shortcomings and adopt practices that are adequate to the problem. education-consumers.org/the-tennessee-…

NEW THIS MORNING: Reading Recovery, one of the world’s most widely used reading intervention programs for young children, took a hit to its credibility today following the release of a new study at the American Educational Research Association conference. apmreports.org/story/2022/04/…

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