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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

The science and social studies topics should be sequenced so that the ideas build upon each other, and paired with vocabulary that will be useful in the future. The big question is whether the theory that more knowledge improves reading comprehension applies to real schools where children are reading below grade level.

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

In 2023, University of Virginia researchers promoted a study of Colorado charter schools that had adopted E.D. Children who had won lotteries to attend these charter schools had higher reading scores than students who lost the lotteries. In 2021, students were still not attending school in person.

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

Yet, by the time students graduate, he said, the goal at the secondary school is that they have “reading levels ready for college.” The San Diego charter school, known as HSHMC, has expected content teachers to integrate literacy into their lessons since its 2007 founding.