Dossier
Joint Education Committee
Coverage of Joint Education Committee in the Nexus archive.
- Now that we’ve adopted Right to Read legislation for our schools, we must revamp teacher preparation to match it
The passage notes that the Right to Read Act requires Massachusetts school districts to adopt evidence-based literacy curricula for students in kindergarten through third grade. However, the author highlights a critical gap: most teacher preparation programs do not teach Science of Reading methodology. The author advocates for overhauling state teacher education to ensure new teachers are properly trained in these best practices.