Beyond the Science of Reading Quotes

“The goal is to provide the critical mass of academic vocabulary and familiarity with complex syntax that will enable students to read and understand complex text on a range of subjects, including ones they’re not familiar with.”
― Natalie Wexler, Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

“What individuals can read and understand, once they’ve learned foundational reading skills, depends largely on their knowledge of history, geography, science, literature, the arts, popular culture—really, pretty much any knowledge they’ve been able to acquire.”
― Natalie Wexler, Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

“I—and many others—are arguing in favor of an approach to literacy that systematically builds children’s knowledge, ideally through a logically sequenced, content-rich curriculum”
― Natalie Wexler, Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning