Nearly 400 Santa Maria-Bonita School District educators have participated, since its 2023 implementation, in Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, an intensive, two-year ...
WATSONVILLE — The Pajaro Valley Unified School District and Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers have collaborated on a new program that would train elementary school teachers to become experts in ...
Kindergarten students sit on the floor with a tray of magnetic letters on their laps. They have spelled the word tip. The teacher instructs the students to change the “i” to an “o” and blend the ...
In classrooms across the state, children are learning to read from teachers required to use new tools, research and instruction. Known as the “science of reading,” this approach draws upon decades of ...