Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims to Help Students Learn to Read
· Texas Border Business
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have introduced the Improving America’s Literacy Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at enhancing literacy education. This legislation allocates federal funding to teach five essential literacy pillars based on the Science of Reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Cruz emphasized the need for evidence-based methods, noting a significant decline in literacy rates among students. Recent NAEP assessments revealed that 33% of eighth graders and 40% of fourth graders are reading below basic levels. The bill aims to redirect funds from outdated methods to proven instructional strategies.
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