Feb 8, 2024
By Dr. Carolyn Brown, Chief Academic Officer In part 1 of this series, I talked about the urgent reading challenge faced by fourth graders who experienced school closures during their early learning. In this blog, I’ll share what I’ve been hearing from teachers trying...
Dec 5, 2023
By Dr. Carolyn Brown, Chief Academic Officer Elija held back tears as he tried to continue sounding out words. He was too frustrated to go on. As a fourth grader, he knew something was wrong and he felt like it was his fault that reading wasn’t getting easier. His...
Sep 28, 2023
By Jennifer Flieder As a middle school language arts teacher, I know that for students who do not have decoding or automatic word recognition skills, there is no room in the regular curriculum to reteach them the skills they should have learned in elementary...
Aug 10, 2023
Over the past several years, our work has focused on students in middle school who struggle to read because they lack basic reading skills. Unfortunately, at least half the students who can’t read at grade level fall into this category. I’d like to reflect on the...
Jun 6, 2023
Now is the time to expand the narrative for early reading The value of systematically and explicitly teaching phonics is well-documented as an effective way to help students develop foundational reading skills—skills that are essential to becoming a proficient and...
May 31, 2023
Hello, I am Carolyn Brown, the co-founder of Foundations in Learning and the Chief Academic Officer of the company. WordFlight was developed by Foundations in Learning. I’m also an adjunct professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of...
