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Texas Schools Rethink Teacher Training to Embrace the ‘Science of Reading’

Edna Cruz & Alaura Mack

How Reading Curriculum Is Helping English Learners in New Mexico Schools

Karla Stinehart

Louisiana Teachers Using ‘Phenomenon-Driven’ Curriculum to Lift Kids’ Confidence

Tiffany Neill

New Mexico Teacher, Once a Lab Scientist, Applies Real Science to Lessons

Othell Begay

Louisiana Grad Returns to Old Middle School: ‘I Wish I Had Been Taught This Way’

Robert Emery Godke

Kentucky District Devastated by Tornado Is a National Model for Science Teaching

Susheela Valdez & Amanda Henson

Louisiana District Ravaged by Hurricane & COVID is Bouncing Back with Science

Ann Hodson

In California, ‘Slow and Steady’ Is Winning With a Tougher Science Curriculum

Nicole DiRanna

Using High-Quality Curriculum Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Still Have Fun Learning

LaTasha Bolton

New Curriculum Adoption Helps Tennessee District Achieve Joy in Classrooms

Jennifer Whalen

Students in This Tennessee District Are More Literacy-Proficient Post-Pandemic

Kathy Daugherty & Cathy Pressnell

Quality Curriculum Is Not Enough: Committed Educator Supports Are Key

Michelle Hawley

In Delaware, How a District ‘Started Slow to Go Fast’ on a New Math Curriculum

Gina Robinson & Rebecca Feathers

With the World Shut Down, Bringing a Global Perspective to Math Class Changed Everything

Sarah Potter

How Literacy Skills Developed for English Language Learners in Weeks, Not Months

Candace Reed

School Director’s Belief that All Students Can Learn Is Long-Held and Personal

Jonathan Criswell

How Grade-Level Literacy Doubled in Just 2 Months in a Rural Tennessee District

Rachel Darnell, Shannon Barnett & Jennifer Rickert

Curriculum Matters for Everyone — Why Now Is the Time

Heather G. Peske

How a Literacy Curriculum Shift Helped Not Just Students, But Teachers, Too

Kate Carbone

Teaching Kids to Read —The Right Way. Why One School Changed Its Entire Approach

Victoria Thompson, Elizabeth Wolfson & Mandy Hollister

Curriculum Case Study: Let the Students Do the Talking, ‘It’s Real Life’

Elizabeth Pawlowski

‘Focus’ to ‘Exceptional’ School in 3 Years

Tamara Grimes Stewart

1 Year’s Worth of Reading Growth in 1 Month

Kimberly Corbidge & Angela Shaeffer

Curriculum in the Nylon Capital of the World

Kelly Carvajal Hageman

Curriculum Case Study: How One District Tackled 38% Reading Proficiency With Content-Rich Curriculum — ‘It Feels as Though the Ship Has Turned’

Jill Ramsey

Curriculum Case Study: After a Shift in Curriculum in One Tennessee County, ‘Everyone’s Playing Field Is the Same’

Scott Langford

Curriculum Case Study: How a More Rigorous Curriculum Got Students in a Rural Tennessee District to Stop Skipping School

Sarah Aitken, Drayton Hawkins & Brittany Higgins Pittman

Curriculum Case Study: How One Rural Tennessee School District With 25 Percent Student Literacy and Nearly a Quarter of Kids Living in Poverty Is Turning the Tide

Shawn Kimble

Curriculum Case Study: How an English Language Arts Program Is Leveling the Playing Field in Classrooms Where the Majority of Students Live in Poverty

Angie Baker & Alesia Dinsmore

Curriculum Case Study: How a New, Tougher (and Free) Language Arts Program Built Around ELL Supports Improved Literacy in a Town at the Foot of the Great Smoky Mountains

Brandee Hoglund

How One Southern State Is Using the Power of Knowledge-Rich Schooling to Inspire a Passion for Literacy and Learning

Barbara Davidson

Innovation Road Trip: In Schools From California to North Carolina, Knowledge-Rich Curricula Are Revolutionizing the Way Children Learn

Barbara Davidson

Innovation Road Trip: From the Wreckage of Detroit, a Curriculum Rises to Teach Science, Social Studies — and Integrity

Silas Kulkarni

Innovation Road Trip: At This Rust Belt Grade School, a Curriculum Centered on Texts Is Defying the Effects of Generational Poverty

Barbara Davidson

Innovation Road Trip: At This Phoenix School, Students Are Taught to Be ‘Thoughtful and Insightful’ Through Contact With History’s Best Thinkers

Barbara Davidson & Tori Filler

Innovation Road Trip: Reading Is at the Core of North Carolina School Curriculum, and Students Love ‘Being in Book Arguments’

David Liben & Barbara Davidson

Innovation Road Trip: In Tiny, Impoverished Louisiana Town, School Is ‘a Home-Like Environment You Want to Be a Part Of’

Silas Kulkarni

Innovation Road Trip: At California’s Bryant School, a Simple Strategy for Making Tough Concepts Easy for Students

Barbara Davidson

Innovation Road Trip: Traveling From Coast to Coast to Explore Knowledge-Rich American Schools

Barbara Davidson, Rachel Etienne, Silas Kulkarni & David Liben