On one side are the proponents of the "science of reading" movement, a phonics- and cognitive-based instructional method. The opposing side champions "balanced literacy," emphasizing word ...

The curriculum commonly used in many schools is the Lucy Calkins Balanced Reading Approach, but many have discredited it. Legislation will be proposed to require the State Education Department to ...

And though the suit settled in 2021, the district’s method of teaching reading, a balanced literacy curriculum developed by Columbia University Teachers College professor Lucy Calkins called Units of ...