Lakewood Schools choose Science of Reading, is it helping students? – The Land

Lakewood Schools choose Science of Reading, is it helping students? – The Land

Students engaging with books in the Lakewood Schools. [Photo courtesy of the Lakewood Board of Education] With literacy rates plunging across the U.S., Ohio last year became one of 30 states to require teachers to use the Science of Reading in the classroom. Learning to read by reading is out; phonics-heavy direct instruction is in.  But Lakewood schools hadn’t waited for the state mandate to begin making changes. They were already starting to a…