Pa. schools race to meet new reading mandates by 2027
New rules modeled on Mississippi’s approach aim to reverse a statewide “reading recession” as districts race to comply before a 2027 deadline.
On the first of September, third graders at Bentworth Elementary School sit down, one by one, with reading specialist Julia Falvo to read three short stories aloud. Falvo marks down each word students struggle with, then asks them to summarize each passage from memory.