Passed CT's #RightToRead legislation—requiring all districts to use the #ScienceOfReading, building a strong foundation in #EarlyLiteracy narrowing inequities
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Feb 27
"Relatively few states — including @EducateCT, Tennessee and Virginia — have mandated state-approved literacy curricula as the Massachusetts bill would do."
👏👏👏 #SOR #literacy
Feb 26
Massachusetts is poised to shake up literacy instruction — and some educators don’t like it hechingerreport.org/massachu…
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14 Jul 2025
"The #ScienceofReading Masterclass... builds local capacity... in GrK–3. Based on decades of reading research, this initiative provides professional learning coaching aligned to the most effective methods of teaching literacy."
- @EducateCT @CharleneRTedu @hartfordcourant
14 Jul 2025
Opinion: CT education commissioner on delivering opportunities for students trib.al/wREwrbK
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🚨 Happening Now! 🚨
Join us LIVE for our annual Right to Read event! 📚✨
Be part of the conversation and help shape the future of education! Tune in now: ct-n.com/CTNplayer.asp?lives… 🎥📢
TOMORROW: Looking forward to hearing from these #literacy experts and CT educators about implementing #RightToRead!
Register NOW: conncan.us4.list-manage.com/…
@SenPBMiller @EducateCT @nmps_supt @SchoolOdyssey
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TOMORROW: Looking forward to hearing from these #literacy experts and CT educators about implementing #RightToRead!
Register NOW: conncan.us4.list-manage.com/…
@SenPBMiller @EducateCT @nmps_supt @SchoolOdyssey
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31 Mar 2025
Very excited for this event hosted by @conncan and @CWCSEO, featuring @EducateCT, @SenPBMiller, and Connecticut school districts! They will share early results of implementing #RighttoRead. Register today!
🗓️ Mark your calendar: April 4, 2025 - Annual 2025 Right to Read Event!
This year, we're featuring state leaders, public school districts, and literacy experts.
@CWCSEO @read_ct @EducateCT @SenPBMiller
Register NOW! tinyurl.com/3mbuahc5
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3 Sep 2024
.@EducateCT's Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success kicks off the new school year with a "#RighttoRead Checklist" for parents!
Get it here:
portal.ct.gov/-/media/sde/ac…
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Right to Read CT retweeted
25 Jun 2024
We are so excited to announce that The Right to Read is officially available to stream in the U.S. starting TODAY on Apple TV , Prime Video, Google Play, Kanopy, VUDU, and YouTube. Visit therighttoreadfilm.org to learn more! #literacyisfreedom
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20 Jun 2024
"At least in Connecticut, the so-called "reading wars" appear to have been settled in favor of phonics-based instruction."
20 Jun 2024
Most CT school districts finally adopting 'Right-to-Read.' Five are still holding out trib.al/6paq0Ps
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19 Jun 2024
This #Juneteenth, we continue the fight for an equitable, inclusive education system that gives all students foundational #literacy skills and honors their #RightToRead.
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14 Jun 2024
Just some of the successes reported by @SuperNewtown's team as they implement Imagine Learning in #EL Gr. K-3:
▶️ "The teachers have begun to shift their mindset from, 'This is too hard,' to 'YES, the students can do the work...'" #scienceofreading 1/3
youtube.com/watch?v=TF3N1SGY…
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14 Jun 2024
▶️ "Teachers are working together to really understand the program, learn what is expected of the students, and sit together to... think about what they can do to best meet students' needs..."
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14 Jun 2024
▶️ "Kids are excited to bring home their work BC they've worked so hard... [They’re also] able to carry over the knowledge into science social studies to learn about real world topics... that are really keeping the kids' interests alive."
Bravo @SuperNewtown @EducateCT! 3/3
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12 Jun 2024
Literacy specialist Keely Edwards on @derbypssuper's experience using Bookworms as pt of a CT-approved #RighttoRead compendium: "The students are super engaged... every student is... Students who struggled reading on their own are thriving."
Full Webinar: tinyurl.com/4mh36vaf
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12 Jun 2024
👏👏👏 Go @derbypssuper and team!!
For state and local stories like these, check out our new “Implementation Tracker,” charting the state’s progress in implementing #RightToRead:
righttoreadct.org/implementa…
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10 Jun 2024
.@RSD17Schools webinar describes implementing @WitWisdomELA as part of a CT-approved #RighttoRead compendium.
Initial pilots went so well that it was ultimately expanded to full adoption, K-6, by the Fall of 2023.
Go RSD 17 and @EducateCT!
💻Watch here: youtu.be/nAwgqKJQ5ms
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10 Jun 2024
👏👏👏 Go @derbypssuper and team!!
For state and local stories like these, check out our new “Implementation Tracker,” charting the state’s progress in implementing #RightToRead:
righttoreadct.org/implementa…
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6 Jun 2024
Don't miss our new Implementation Tracker! Filled with resources news coverage, this timeline charts just some of the continually building body of work in @EducateCT and local districts, resulting from the #RighttoRead legislation!
Check it out here:
righttoreadct.org/post/right…
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Right to Read CT retweeted
6 Jun 2024
Literacy skills seem to fuel literacy enjoyment, rather than vice versa
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… "The best-fitting direction-of-causation model showed that skills impacted enjoyment, while the influence in the other direction was zero."
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5 Jun 2024
📢📢Announcing our brand new Implementation Tracker, which charts CT's exciting progress in implementing #RighttoRead.
Don't miss links to @EducateCT's webinar series—spotlighting work in @RSD17Schools, @derbypssuper, @SuperNewtown other districts!
tinyurl.com/3y88r3zj
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Right to Read CT retweeted
3 Jun 2024
Sunday segment: Some states are adopting a new form of reading instruction to combat falling scores npr.org/2024/06/02/nx-s1-491…
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