Subject: ELA
Chalkbeat: We changed how our NYC school districts teach reading. It’s working.
Education Week: New Tool to Evaluate Reading Programs for ‘Knowledge-Building’
The 74: Championing High-Quality Literacy Instruction: Inside Knowledge Matters’ New Curriculum Review Tool
The Baltimore Banner: Commentary: Interim superintendent brings opportunity to raise student performance
National Campaign Celebrates Rigorous, Knowledge-Rich Literacy Instruction in New Mexico
Knowledge Matters Campaign Endorses Two ELA Curricula for Building Content Knowledge
Scaling the “Dinosaur Effect”: Topic vs. Theme in Elementary Classrooms

Most primary teachers and parents of early-grade children will recognize what we’ve dubbed the “dinosaur effect,” marveling at the capacity of young children to capitalize on their passionate interests in, say, dinosaurs—to learn and retain astounding stores of knowledge about everything dinosaurs. How does this happen? It turns out research has an answer.
National Campaign to Celebrate High-Quality Curriculum Selection by NYC Schools as District Embarks on Historic Improvements
School-Wide Efforts to Build Knowledge Over Time Matter for Later Reading Achievement
