FLAT has been the operative word to describe reading in the United States. FLAT achievement over the past several decades. Most initiatives aimed at improving reading and reading instruction have fallen FLAT. Even the message proclaimed by advocates of the science of reading may be becoming FLAT as policies try to move practice beyond the committed early adopters, innovators, and champions. In this week’s post I attempt a close read of the reading problem. Maybe it’s just hot air or perhaps I can pump new life into the discussion
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Book ‘Em, Danno!
One way I that check the “pulse of the nation” on education is though the topics that family members raise with me around the table at holiday gatherings. Last year it was Massachusetts ending the MCAS graduation requirement, before MCAS it was chronic absenteeism and NAEP scores, and before that colleges dropping the SAT and ACT. This year, the topic was books and kids not reading very many of them. So, let’s turn the page on the 2026 blog year by considering books.
