Controversial Curriculum Swept up in Mass. Literacy Reform Debate

Controversial curriculum swept up in Mass. literacy reform debate

Lucy Calkins' Units of Study approach is at the center of a dispute as early literacy reform legislation has been approved in the Massachusetts House and awaits...

Controversial curriculum swept up in literacy reform debate

A HOUSE-APPROVED early literacy reform bill has intensified debate over whether some school districts and the creators of a controversial reading curriculum are seeking alternative routes to state approval. Science-of-reading advocates describe the activity as a “back-door effort,” while supporters of the curriculum reject that and say the program is being scapegoated amid statewide declines in reading scores. Rep. Ken Gordon, the House’s point …