‘This is my thing’: House Speaker’s wife spurs Georgia’s huge reading reform

For the second year in a row, Georgia lawmakers are on the verge of passing legislation that would overhaul how the state addresses reading instruction in its public schools, with bipartisan support ...
Education Week

Ed. Dept. Wants to Revamp Assistance Program It Calls ‘Duplicative,’ ‘Confusing’

The U.S. Department of Education is proposing to rework a decades-old program charged with helping states and school ...

Partnering with CareerSource Tampa Bay to address hiring challenges with a strategic workforce approach

For years, hiring has prioritized finding the perfect fit. In today’s Tampa Bay labor market, that expectation is becoming ...

1 in 3 schools recovered in math or reading post-pandemic, NWEA reports

Schools serving high-poverty and historically marginalized students are less likely to have recovered — but showed the ...
Education Week

The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After

This September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers ...

Why support groups remain essential to recovery — and how alumni programs strengthen long-term outcomes

In response to the growing need for post-discharge continuity, Lakeside Behavioral Health recently introduced a new alumni ...
The Courier-Journal

Kentucky lawmakers again push to ban controversial reading method

Kentucky lawmakers are again seeking to change how children can learn to read, proposing a bill that would ban a teaching method called "three-cueing." Three-cueing — a form of instruction associated ...
Portland Press Herald

Maine’s reading crisis demands action now | Opinion

Ann Schoenthaler-Ervin, Ph.D., is a certified school psychologist from Smithfield. Parents have long been a force in driving necessary educational change. Parents, grandparents and all those invested ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

'Fighting for my life.' Moms in recovery graduate from court program

Four women recently graduated from a Hamilton County Juvenile Court program for parents with addiction. The family dependency treatment docket aims to help parents achieve sobriety and reunify with ...
KUOW

Despite success, family reading program in Washington state faces deep funding cuts

For kids across Washington state who are struggling readers, a type of book club for families is showing promising results. But state and federal budget cuts have shrunk the program by 85%. Supporters ...
Los Angeles Times

Palisades fire victims will see building permit fee relief during recovery

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Owners of homes, duplexes, condos and other properties would be spared from having to pay building permit fees ...
The Hill

Our recovery agenda must start before addiction takes hold

Substance use disorder is a silent epidemic ravaging our nation. It plagues 20 million Americans, costs taxpayers $820 billion annually and manifests in ways many of us overlook: untreated mental ...