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New York told every school how to teach reading and math, then claimed a win the experts say it can’t prove

New York mandated how every school teaches reading and math, then claimed a test-score win experts say it can't yet prove.

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New York told every school how to teach reading and math, then claimed a win the experts say it can’t prove

New York mandated how every school teaches reading and math, then claimed a test-score win experts say it can't yet prove.

New York told every school how to teach reading and math, then claimed a win the experts say it can’t prove
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Over the last two years New York City has done something rare: it told every public school exactly how to teach reading and math, ending decades of letting schools pick their own approach. Then last summer the scores went up, and the city claimed the win. The researchers are not so sure it earned it.

The mandates are sweeping. NYC Reads requires every elementary school to use one of three city-chosen reading curriculums built on phonics and the science of reading. NYC Solves forces a…

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