CAPITAL REGION (WRGB) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled today the second phase of her 2024 State of the State proposal focusing on education. New York is going back to the basics of how your ...

NEW YORK STATE, USA — New York Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated signing into law 'Back to Basics' legislation that will help improve reading proficiency in classrooms across New York State. At the ...

New York needs to get back to the basics when it comes to teaching kids how to read, Gov. Kathy Hochul says. The Governor announced Wednesday that she wants to ditch the trendy “whole language” method ...

The seemingly simple task of reading is anything but simple. The moment our eyes fall on a word, a complex set of processes -- physical, neurological, and cognitive -- is set in motion, enabling us to ...

They promise to help young children learn the basics of reading, but parents are now being warned that most apps fail to ...

WATERVLIET, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her “Back to Basics” reading plan and the $10 million in teacher training to go along with it Wednesday morning at Watervliet Elementary School. The plan ...

Christine Braid has been involved with the MoE NZC refresh as an advisor on the literacy indicators; and had worked on the scope and sequence, and decodable text resources for the MoE. Te Kunenga ki ...

They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Now, they’re the big kids at ...

Better late than never, New York state has stirred itself to change the way reading is taught in its 800-plus local school districts. Last month, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to spend (an ...

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to write and read in cursive.