69传媒 First
Read Education Week鈥檚 coverage of the Bush administration鈥檚 flagship reading program.
69传媒 & Literacy
Federal Path for 69传媒 Questioned
The $6 billion spent on the program has helped students with basic decoding but not with understanding, a major study finds.
69传媒 & Literacy
No Effect on Comprehension Seen From '69传媒 First'
The $6 billion spent on the program has helped students with basic decoding but not with understanding, a major study finds.
69传媒 & Literacy
鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Event Draws 6,000, Despite Woes
With the likely loss of funding, educators try to figure out how to keep the federal reading program alive in their districts.
69传媒 & Literacy
鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Funds Headed for Extinction
Federal, state, and local officials are scrambling to figure out how to sustain the program, or at least some of the instructional changes it fueled.
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Senate Panel Also Votes to Kill Funds for '69传媒 First'
Joining its House counterpart, the Senate subcommittee that handles education spending would eliminate funding for the controversial reading program in fiscal 2009.
69传媒 & Literacy
Keep 鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Funds, Advisory Group to Urge Congress
Panel members believe a recent evaluation has caused confusion and misperceptions about the program鈥檚 effectiveness.
69传媒 & Literacy
House Panel Would Kill 鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Funding
Citing a federal study of the program, lawmakers would zero out funding for the beleaguered program in the fiscal 2009 budget.
69传媒 & Literacy
69传媒 First Doesn't Help Pupils 'Get it'
The $1 billion-a-year program has had no measurable effect on students鈥� reading comprehension, on average, a major federal report finds.
69传媒 & Literacy
Massive Funding Cuts to 鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Generate Worries for Struggling 69传媒
The reduction of more than 60 percent may affect reading coaches, professional-development programs, and instructional materials that are the cornerstones of the 69传媒 First program.
69传媒 & Literacy
State, Local Officials Again Find 鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Useful
Despite problems with the implementation of the program鈥攚hich resulted in several federal investigations and congressional hearings over the past two years鈥攊t's worth preserving or expanding, a study found.
69传媒 & Literacy
鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Panel Awaits Program Evaluation Reports
Is 69传媒 First working? Advocates claim it is and critics say it isn鈥檛, while others contend there isn鈥檛 enough information to know.
69传媒 & Literacy
69传媒 Results Hard to Translate, Panel Concludes
The 69传媒 First Advisory Committee has asked for more time and technical assistance in evaluating the data from the $1 billion-a-year program.
69传媒 & Literacy
Senate Appropriations Panel鈥檚 Cuts to 69传媒 First Are Less Sharp Than in House Plan
Many of President Bush鈥檚 education priorities would be slated for cuts under a plan approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee today.
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Former 鈥�69传媒 First鈥� Adviser to Leave Federal Post
Edward J. Kame鈥檈nui will leave his current position at the Department of Education next month, the agency announced last week.