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Evidence-Based Learning

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Happy students in school
Commentary
12.2.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

50 years of special education in the U.S.: Key components for special education 2.0

Miriam Kurtzig Freedman

Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series in which Miriam Kurtzig Freedman reflects back on a half-century of special education law in the United States.

Happy students in school
Overwhelmed student
Commentary
11.25.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

50 years of special education in the U.S.: Why we need a new law built on the science of learning, not the adversarial legal system

Miriam Kurtzig Freedman

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series in which Miriam Kurtzig Freedman reflects back on a half-century of special education law in the United States.

Overwhelmed student
wonkathon
Commentary
11.14.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

If we want the science of reading to work, we have to start before kindergarten

Amanda Rutter

The science of reading (SoR) movement has driven states and districts to improve teacher preparation, adopt evidence-based materials, and clarify for K‒3 instruction. Yet one critical tier remains missing: early childhood education (ECE).

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Commentary
11.14.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Connecting intervention and core curriculum: Why coherence matters and how to achieve it

Louise Baigelman, Shira Engel

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that fa

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Wonkathon
Commentary
11.14.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Reading laws aren’t enough: How states can turn policy into progress

David Wakelyn

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.14.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Knowing what to do isn’t knowing how to do it: The missing discipline of systemic strategy

Jamila Newman

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Wonkathon
Commentary
11.14.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Strengthening literacy systems: Embedding school–home partnerships to improve outcomes for all kids

Windy Lopez-Aflitto

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

Wonkathon
wonkathon
Commentary
11.14.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Still missing: Educators’ knowledge of language

Louisa Moats

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.13.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Don’t forget to write

Charles Sahm

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.13.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Using family partnerships to help fulfill the science-of-reading promise

Joan Kelley

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Wonkathon
Commentary
11.13.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Science of reading 2.0: Assessment in the service of learning as the backbone of science-powered reading improvement

Edmund W. Gordon, Eric Tucker

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.13.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

From slogans to scores: What has to happen next for the science of reading to actually work

Daniel Whitlock

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.13.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

The science of reading is not about policies, it’s about practices

Jason Kamras, Taikein Cooper, Alyssa Schwenk

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Road with dollar sign
Commentary
11.13.2025
Accountability & Testing, Evidence-Based Learning

What do longitudinal cognitive skills tests reveal about human capital development?

Jeff Murray

A new study published in The Economic Journal in the United Kingdom attempts to untangle the intertwined influences of cognitive skills and human capital development on adult wages over a person’s lifetime.

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Teacher in a classroom
Commentary
11.13.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Are teachers penalized for working the jobs their peers don’t even want?

Meredith Coffey, Ph.D.

Much has been said about teacher pay: It’s adequate or it’s definitely not enough, it impacts teacher

Teacher in a classroom
wonkathon
Commentary
11.12.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

It’s not a miracle, it’s a marathon

Jenn Vranek, Ila Deshmukh Towery

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.12.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

What’s next for the science of reading movement? Leadership.

Lisa Coons

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.12.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Rising with reading: A Lexile-based path to literacy for every student

Clifford Jones , Lee James

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.12.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

What happens when everyone reads from the same page: The collaboration the science of reading still needs

Sarina Sande

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Commentary
11.11.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Teachers & School Leaders

Science of reading, meet evidence-based spending

Sara Kerr, Heather Boughton

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Commentary
11.11.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

Lightbulb moments and the science of reading

Victoria R. Haberman

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Wonkathon
Commentary
11.11.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

Systems, not slogans: Real change requires relentless implementation

Kunjan Narechania, Jessica Baghian

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Wonkathon
Commentary
11.11.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction

Read by grade three? How about reading (and writing) beyond it

Miah Daughtery

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Commentary
11.11.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Don't just pass reading laws—build sustainable literacy systems

Annie Morrison, Kathy Kelly

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Water pipeline
Commentary
11.11.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Advanced Education, Teachers & School Leaders

We know how to plug advanced education’s leaky pipeline—so why aren’t we?

Jonathan Plucker

Why haven’t we already solved this problem?

Water pipeline
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Commentary
11.10.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

The science of reading revolution has the right science—but the wrong system

Lisa Wyatt , Kelsey Hendricks

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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wonkathon
Commentary
11.10.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Why a focus on skill type is necessary to help more children learn to read

Munro Richardson

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Commentary
11.10.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

To make science of reading laws work, invest in educators

Emilie Raczek

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Commentary
11.7.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

The 90-minute solution: How states, districts, and schools can make reading science stick

Megan Reder-Schopp

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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Commentary
11.6.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Redefining the federal role in literacy: Strengthening grants to drive statewide reform

Rianna Saslow

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the science of reading revolution to fulfill its promise and ensure that far more

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