A group of Wisconsin parents say the Department of Public Instruction is dragging its feet on implementing new curriculum that aims to improve children’s reading skills.
In 2023, lawmakers passed legislation known as Act 20. It required schools to shift away from “balanced literacy” curriculum to a phonics-based model known as “the science of reading” beginning this school year.
The law also prohibits the use of curriculum in kindergarten through third grade that uses three-cueing instruction, which means encouraging children to use clues like pictures to guess unfamiliar words.
The letter ought to be included in this piece, so here it is.
The law has jankiness DPI has to navigate, true.
But to me, the division is whether Wisconsin maximizes students’ gains at each step or just does phonics-flavored things and calls it a day. @DDWI13 @ReadingLeagueWI
