Science of Reading
EarlyBird Education – Early Literacy Screening App
By Heather L. Russo, MEd, MFA PBIDA members know that over 60% of Pennsylvania’s fourth graders are not reading at grade level. This fact makes […]
Teacher Training & Structured Literacy: Pennsylvania House Bill 1642 and Chapter 49
** Special Announcement ** Structured Literacy (SL) by law must be included in teacher training programs throughout the state of Pennsylvania beginning August 1, 2024. […]
Unique In-School Research Partnership at AIM
By Dr. Grace Ashton, Nancy Blair, and Pat Roberts In 2018, neuroscience researchers at Haskins Laboratories launched the Haskins Global Literacy Hub, an international […]
Julie Washington Fall 2021 Keynote Address – Teaching African American Children to Read: The Impact of Language Variation
By John R. Kruidenier, Ed.D. When Dr. Julie Washington presented her keynote address at PBIDA’s 43rd Annual Fall Conference, she compared the difficulties that most […]
Transforming How Reading is Taught: Partnerships to Change Policies and Practice
Editor’s Note: The following article summarizes Margie Gillis’s presentation at 2020’s annual PBIDA conference. By John R. Kruidenier, Ed.D. Sufficient evidence exists that struggling readers, […]