Expert: Literacy Screening Programs Are Failing Young Learners

NSU expands Early Childhood Education program through literacy grant

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - Northwestern State University has broadened its Early Childhood Education program thanks to a literacy grant from its Weyerhaeuser Foundation. The grant was awarded to Dr. Muchelle Fazio Brunson, who established Cradle to College, a program designed to set Louisiana children up for success in and out of the classroom. The expansion [...]

Expert: Literacy screening programs are failing young learners

A new study suggests mandated universal literacy screening programs aren’t translating into help for struggling young readers, including children with dyslexia. Reading is one of the fundamentals of early education, but it’s also something millions of American kids struggle with. Forty percent of fourth graders have “below basic” reading skills—the worst figure in two decades, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. To help…