As I reported last week, we are thrilled that the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously approved An Act Relative to Third Grade Reading Proficiency and urge the state Senate to follow suit before the current legislative session ends on July 31. (Massachusetts readers, click here to ask your senator to pass An Act Relative to Third Grade Reading Proficiency.)
Over the past few months, momentum for the bill has also been building on the editorial and news pages of newspapers across the commonwealth:
Legislation aims to improve early education
MetroWest Daily News, July 11, 2012
MetroWest Daily News, July 11, 2012
Lawmakers should stick to their EBT guns
Lowell Sun, July 11, 2012
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Bill aims to boost third grade readingLowell Sun, July 10, 2012
Lowell Sun, July 11, 2012
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Bill aims to boost third grade readingLowell Sun, July 10, 2012
Just read
Telegram & Gazette, June 24, 2012
Telegram & Gazette, June 24, 2012
Statewide effort to help young readers
The Berkshire Eagle, June 12, 2012
The Berkshire Eagle, June 12, 2012
Early literacy needs to start before kindergarten
The Boston Globe, May 7 2012
The Boston Globe, May 7 2012
Support early ed
Cape Cod Times, April 24, 2012
Cape Cod Times, April 24, 2012
Are there simple answers to education challenges?
The Standard-Times, April 5, 2012
The Standard-Times, April 5, 2012