California has a state-level crisis in teaching reading. It poses an existential threat to our economy, to social justice, and to our democracy itself. Patchwork solutions won’t fix it – we need a ...

including the state’s English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework and the California Comprehensive State Literacy Plan, as well as the California Dyslexia Guidelines to guide their ...

Imagine a Black kid in California starting kindergarten this fall. They’re bright, curious, and, above all — excited about ...

With only four in 10 students reading on grade level by third grade, we can no longer accept the status quo. We are failing ...

That’s why the state needs a uniform reading approach, they said. The California Reading Coalition ... “English learners need a more comprehensive approach.” The bill has not yet been ...

The stakes are high, as California ... is frustrated by the state’s persistently dismal reading scores for English learners — ...

The Sacramento State Literacy Center ... focus on all areas of literacy development: reading, spelling, and writing. An individual is assessed using both informal assessments to identify literacy ...

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas pulled a bill on early literacy instruction and asked proponents and adversaries to reach a compromise on legislation for improving the reading skills of California ...