#literacy

#literacy

To highlight the diversity of the city's restaurants the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce is presenting Sunnyvale Restaurant Week Nov. 8-16. Participating restaurants in this "citywide dining celebration" will feature special menus and creative offers of everything from falafel to pizza and breakfast to barbecue, with multi-course meals, chef's specials and perks like a complimentary appetizer, dessert or drink. For a list of participating restaurants, visit https://www.svcoc.org/sunnyvale-restaurant-week-about.

Average reading scores for fourth-grade students in 2024 dropped two points since 2022 and five points since 2019, as measured by the so-called nation's report card. But according to a recent talk at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, the trend of American children reading below their grade levels stretches back decades before the pandemic - and teaching methods that fail to adequately challenge students, counterintuitive as it may seem, could be the culprit.

Bridget Phillipson has said she is ready to take on the unions in a battle over compulsory reading tests for 13-year-olds and more extracurricular activities for all children to prevent them becoming stuck in a doom loop of detachment from school. The education secretary said that teaching unions, who have argued the tests were unnecessary and distracting, should really think carefully about whether they could justify standing in the way of tackling the shocking outcomes that exist for many working-class children.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

If signed, AB 1454 moves the state one step closer to implementing evidence-based reading instruction in California classrooms a decades-long, highly contentious state debate. Authored by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, who represents Salinas, and Assemblymembers Al Muratsuchi of Torrance and Blanca Rubio of Baldwin Park, AB 1454 would adopt new evidence-based reading instructional materials and training. Also known as the science of reading, evidence-based reading teaches students how to read by emphasizing skills like phonics and vocabulary rather than word recognition and memorization.

If signed, AB 1454 moves the state one step closer to implementing evidence-based reading instruction in California classrooms - a decades-long, highly contentious state debate. Authored by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, who represents Salinas, and Assemblymembers Al Muratsuchi of Torrance and Blanca Rubio of Baldwin Park, AB 1454 would adopt new evidence-based reading instructional materials and training. Also known as the "science of reading," evidence-based reading teaches students how to read by emphasizing skills like phonics and vocabulary rather than word recognition and memorization.

The newly launched Healthcare Literacy Council of Contra Costa County is leading a public education campaign to help people make better use of their health coverage, avoid unnecessary emergency room visits and get the care they need more affordably and effectively.

Kids interact with chatbots as if they're people due to emotional connections, making understanding their use crucial for healthy interactions.

This year, Renaissance Learning put out new and differently organized 'What Kids Are Reading' lists that expose my ignorance. Instead of revealing just the most popular print books, the lists show the top 12 print books and top 12 digital books for each grade.