The blog post was originally featured on Education Week’s Classroom Q&A Technology is an accepted part of daily life and is readily becoming available in most schools as a regular component in the classroom day. Used appropriately, technology can serve as an independent and individualized learning tool for students while providing a useful “extra hand” in classroom management to support … Read More
The EdTech Startup Show: Dr. Carolyn Brown and Gerard Dawson
via Soundcloud In this episode of The EdTech Startup Show, Dr. Carolyn Brown, co-founder of Foundations in Learning, joins podcast host Gerard Dawson to discuss the science behind reading. They talk about how the most effective reading interventions focus instruction on how students learn the critical skills required for reading comprehension, and Dr. Brown also provides a deep dive into … Read More
MarketScale: Why Two Doctors are Rethinking Reading
By Sarah Acre This MarketScale article features an interview with our founders, Dr. Jerry Zimmermann and Dr. Carolyn Brown, in which they discuss the science and strategy behind the Foundations Learning System*, our integrated screener, diagnostic and intervention to support struggling readers. The U.S. faces a dire problem with early reading instruction in schools. Students’ reading abilities at the end … Read More
Education Week Teacher: Why Educators Need to Make Literacy Accessible, Individualized, and Inclusive
Guest post by Jennifer Abramson Discover how one Texas school district took a blended learning approach to address the needs of a growing student population in need of explicit reading instruction. Using iASK and Access Code*—which are now components of the Foundations Learning System—Jennifer Abramson, the district’s secondary English/language arts coordinator, was able to deliver appropriate reading instruction that is … Read More
Hechinger Report: Cognitive science suggests children develop phonics skills in different ways
By Dr. Carolyn Brown and Dr. Jerry Zimmermann In this op-ed, Dr. Carolyn Brown and Dr. Jerry Zimmermann urge educators to shift their focus away from what students need to know and instead focus on how they learn. The article outlines seven points to provide effective reading instruction for students. Cognitive science can tell us a lot about how students … Read More
Cedar Rapids Gazette: New ‘tool’ identifies struggling readers
By Molly Duffy After seeing readers fall through the cracks, Cedar Rapids middle school knew they needed a tool to better identify their struggling readers. Learn more about the school’s use of the iASK* screener—which is now part of the comprehensive Foundations Learning System—to quickly identify students’ areas of deficit, replacing otherwise labor-intensive assessments. Cedar Rapids middle school educators are … Read More