Reading scores climb for a second year. Teachers point to one change.
District leaders credit new curriculum. Classroom teachers credit ninety uninterrupted minutes.
Third-grade reading proficiency rose four points district-wide, the second consecutive year of gains.
Administrators point to the phonics-based curriculum adopted in 2024. Teachers interviewed for this story pointed instead to the protected literacy block.
“Ninety minutes nobody is allowed to interrupt,” said one veteran teacher. “No assemblies, no pull-outs. That is the whole trick.”
