This is why we slowed down our phonics learning and built in a school wide reading for pleasure programme (thank you @teresacremin.bsky.social and team). CLPE has helped us to shift away from atomised grammar and we have 'every place is a reading place' nooks and crannies all over. Our kids ❤️ books.
Dr Debra Kidd
From the full report:
"Despite the regular comprehension HQIM use and focus...in 67% of the lessons, teachers and students engaged in work (i.e., instruction, engagement, and activity) that only facilitated students’ surface-level understanding of texts."
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Nick Covington
Jan 2026 Report - In Some Urban Districts, Science of Reading Limits ‘Robust Comprehension’: Rather than promoting deeper literacy skills, the phonics-based approach 'may unintentionally encourage teachers to focus on surface-level goals.'
Rather than promoting deeper literacy skills, the phonics-based approach 'may unintentionally encourage teachers to focus on surface-level goals.'
www.the74million.org
How should we understand the intentions of authoritarians who mandate the "Science of Reading" at the same time they ban books and build barriers to library access?
Iowa lawmakers advance bill prohibiting partnerships between public schools and libraries:
Nick Covington
The bill would prevent school agreements with public libraries to provide students with access to books and other materials.
