From edling at lists.mail.umbc.edu Mon Aug 3 15:52:23 2026 From: edling at lists.mail.umbc.edu (Francis M. Hult via Edling) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 11:52:23 -0400 Subject: [Edling] =?utf-8?q?USA_-_Federal_=E2=80=98Science_of_Reading?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=99_Bill_Advances?= Message-ID: Education Week Federal ?Science of Reading? Bill Advances Two bills that would boost federal involvement in reading instruction passed out of a Senate committee on Thursday, signaling Congress? continued interest in the ?science of reading? movement. One, the bipartisan READ Act, would put new requirements on existing federal literacy grants to support early screening for reading difficulties and evidence-based reading instruction, and shift some funding to states with the lowest reading scores. Another, the 21st Century Dyslexia Act, would change how the reading disability dyslexia is classified under federal disability law, establishing dyslexia as its own category. Full story: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/federal-science-of-reading-bill-advances/2026/07 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Edling mailing list Edling at lists.mail.umbc.edu https://lists.mail.umbc.edu/mailman/listinfo/edling