Science-Based Reading – Julia Steiny opinions and musings

Julia Steiny opinions and musings

Opinion

A time-tested reading curriculum all Rhode Island schools should get behind

Kerry-Ann Edmondson, known as ‘Miss Kerry’ to her first-grade students at the Compass School, a…

Julia SteinyJune 18, 2025

Opinion

Right to Read Act puts Rhode Island ahead of many states. With zero dollars to do the work.

Reading education in Rhode Island is backed up by a bold law called the Right…

Julia SteinyMarch 19, 2024

Opinion

Rhode Island needed a shove to improve the way kids are taught to read. This law is doing it.

‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham,’ a historical fiction novel set in 1963, builds middle-school reading…

Julia SteinyJanuary 22, 2024

Opinion

States are turning to legal mandates to change reading instruction. Here’s why.

Children who learn to identify letters and sound out words are much more likely to…

Julia SteinyDecember 28, 2023

Opinion

We’re not teaching most kids to read.

Photo: "Children reading c.1960 'Celebrating World Book Day'" by Archives New Zealand is licensed under…

Julia SteinyMarch 22, 2022