Teaching Kids How to Read During COVID-19
A Big Remote Learning Challenge
October 21, 2020
This special report examines how many of the nation’s elementary schools are staring down a daunting new challenge: teach young children to read, without being able to interact with them in person, using instead digital tools and videoconferencing platforms in sweeping new ways that are mostly untested.
Featuring exclusive survey data on digital reading instruction from the EdWeek Research Center, the report examines how the new consensus on how to best teach reading should be incorporated into digital early literacy curricular materials, the extent to which the digital curricula and literacy tools already in widespread use are integrating the science of reading into their products, the best approaches for teaching reading in remote or hybrid learning environments, and one teacher’s take on how she has handled the challenges of teaching reading during COVID-19.
Featuring exclusive survey data on digital reading instruction from the EdWeek Research Center, the report examines how the new consensus on how to best teach reading should be incorporated into digital early literacy curricular materials, the extent to which the digital curricula and literacy tools already in widespread use are integrating the science of reading into their products, the best approaches for teaching reading in remote or hybrid learning environments, and one teacher’s take on how she has handled the challenges of teaching reading during COVID-19.
Reading & Literacy Schools Already Struggled to Teach Reading Right. Now They Have to Do It OnlineThe coronavirus, the limits of ed tech, and the often-unscientific way schools teach basic reading skills could mean catastrophe.
Reading & Literacy How to Use Digital Reading Programs During COVID-19. Teachers Still MatterThere’s little evidence on how the best practices for teaching reading should be translated to remote or hybrid learning environments.
Classroom Technology How to Teach Reading With a Digital Mindset: Researcher Nell Duke's AdviceEducators need new tools to keep reading instruction consistent and new philosophies for engaging students in remote learning environments.
Classroom Technology Teaching Reading During COVID-19: Frustrated Students, Tech ChallengesFirst grade teacher Claudia Margaroli talks about the difficulties of teaching reading remotely and how she is trying to adjust.
