When districts adopt evidence-based practices like Structured Literacy, it’s often with a surge of excitement and momentum. Yet the real challenge lies not in the initial adoption, but in sustaining ...
National testing data shows younger students are outperforming older ones, with some groups still below 1970s academic levels ...
A Dauphin County principal shares how evidence-based literacy instruction transformed her high-poverty school — and why ...
In the world of structured literacy, there are few names that are as recognizable as Barbara Wilson. A renowned literacy expert, Barbara Wilson co-founded Wilson Language Training®, an evidence-backed ...
Barbara A. Wilson, M.Ed. is Co-Founder of Wilson Language Training® (WLT). For 35+ years, she’s brought Structured Literacy to educators through consultation to organizations focused on reading, ...
Educator Amber Moye at City Hall: New Haven “shouldn’t be indebted to a system that doesn’t work.” Amber Moye told city lawmakers she and her fellow teachers got a glimpse of how to change the way ...
Structured literacy creates implementation challenges: Teachers must diagnose skill gaps, deliver explicit instruction, and adjust based on progress while managing diverse learners and competing ...
Could Harry Potter have defeated Voldemort without the skill and support of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley? Not a chance. Can you imagine Lucy without Ethel? It’s unthinkable. While main characters ...
Editor’s note: This story is the second in a two-part series examining the use of the structured literacy approach to reading instruction. Read the first story at st.news/wenatcheereads. MERCER ISLAND ...
Since the start of this year, all New Zealand schools have been required to use structured literacy to teach reading and writing – including the country’s 310 primary and intermediate Māori-medium ...
Experts warn that South Africa’s education system faces a silent crisis, with most Grade 4 learners unable to read for ...
Letters can shape a life, yet for many, they’ve long remained out of reach. Studies suggest that Dyslexia affects 20 percent of the population in the US, which represents 90 percent of all those with ...