Thursday’s announcement represents a significant victory for parents - some of whom wept at the press conference - who have long been frustrated with the city’s inability to educate many struggling readers. Members and sponsors make THE CITY possible.
This shift is a major change in approach, as the department traditionally defers to principals on curriculum choice, with widely varying results. “This is our opportunity to really move the needle on something that has been impactful for our children for a long time.”Ĭity officials said teachers will be required to implement one of the education department’s recommended phonics-based curricula for kindergarten through second grade as part of the initiative.
“We’re going to start using a proven, phonics-based literacy curriculum that’s proven to help children read,” Adams said at a press conference at Harlem’s P.S. The announcement came as part of a wider plan by Mayor Eric Adams to identify and support students with dyslexia or other reading challenges, including screening students from kindergarten through high school and creating targeted programs at 160 of the city’s 1,600 schools. New York City will require all elementary schools to adopt a phonics-based reading program in the coming school year - a potentially seismic shift in how tens of thousands of public school students are taught to read. This is part of an ongoing collaborative series between Chalkbeat and THE CITY investigating learning differences, special education and other education challenges in city schools.
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