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Cooper changes his tune on reading instruction law after previously vetoing similar bill

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt told Council of State (COS) members Tuesday, including Gov. Roy Cooper, that she credits the Excellent Public Schools Act with helping North Carolina’s kindergarten through third-grade students outperform the national average on end-of-year literacy assessments for three years in a row.

Theresa Opeka
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Excellent Public Schools Act, ‘Science of Reading’ literacy reforms take effect July 1

While state lawmakers wrestle with establishing a biennial budget, a bill previously passed by the General Assembly, and signed into law, takes effect Thursday, July 1: the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021. The act modifies the implementation of read-to-achieve programs, including changes to reading instruction in North Carolina public elementary school classrooms, with the...

Jeff Moore
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GOP lawmakers introduce measure to promote early literacy among N.C. public school students

Republican legislators in the N.C. Senate are pushing forward a bill meant to improve literacy among North Carolina public school students by the third grade. The Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021 would lay out a statewide roadmap for switching literacy instruction from a “look and say” method to the phonetic method. The bill would...

David N. Bass

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