The Science of Reading Movement: The Never-Ending Debate and the Need for a Different Approach to Reading Instruction

Policy Brief - Sep 13, 2022

Author(s) - Paul Thomas, Furman University

How students learn to read and how reading is best taught are often the focus of media, public, and political criticism. In a new NEPC policy brief, The Science of Reading Movement: The Never-Ending Debate and the Need for a Different Approach to Reading Instruction, Paul Thomas of Furman University explores the controversial history of the reading reform movement.