California’s Reading Dilemma

February 22, 2024

Should California mandate that all schools adopt the science of reading?

As a child, Blanca Rubio was given coloring sheets instead of books because she didn't speak English. Now she's spearheading an effort to require science of reading in schools.

Zaidee Stavely

California's Reading Dilemma

June 6, 2023

In California's youth justice system, many high schoolers graduate with grade-school reading skills

A shift of incarcerated youth from state to county facilities is putting a spotlight on their education and whether they leave knowing how to read.

Betty Márquez Rosales And Daniel J. Willis

Podcast

February 9, 2023

How parent tutors can unlock reading for kids

An uncle who helped his niece and nephew learn to read is now an early literacy tutor for other kids at his neighborhood school.

EdSource staff

California's Reading Dilemma

February 1, 2023

Learning to read by third grade requires evidence-based instruction, panel says

Strong parent-teacher partnerships and evidence-based reading strategies are key, panelists said at a roundtable hosted by EdSource.

Betty Márquez Rosales

Podcast

September 15, 2022

Why do so many kids struggle to learn to read?

Why do so many children struggle to read? And why are we still debating over how they should be taught?