#857: The states leading the way in literacy, with Kymyona Burk and Tom Greene

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, <a href='https://excelined.org/people/kymyona-burk-ed-d/'>Kymyona Burk</a> and <a href='https://excelined.org/people/tom-greene/'>Tom Greene</a> of <a href='https://excelined.org/'>ExcelinEd</a> join Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how Ohio, Mississippi, and other states are implementing research-based literacy policies. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber examines virtual charter schools’ effect on student achievement in Pennsylvania.</p><p><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>The Mississippi study that Kymyona discussed on the show: “The Effect of Retention Under Mississippi’s Test-Based Promotion Policy” —<a href='https://wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality-education/ms-read-by-grade-three/'>Wheelock Education Policy Center</a></li><li>“A new study confirms Mississippi’s promise: ensuring all students can read” —<a href='https://magnoliatribune.com/2023/02/12/a-new-study-confirms-mississippis-promise-ensuring-all-students-can-read/'>Jeb Bush and Kymyona Burk in the Magnolia Tribune</a></li><li>“Gov. Mike DeWine enters the ‘reading wars’ with budget proposal to fund change to ‘science of reading’” —<a href='https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/gov-mike-dewines-enters-the-reading-wars-with-budget-proposal-to-fund-change-to-science-of-reading.html'>Cleveland.com</a></li><li>“Concern over Tennessee’s third grade reading, retention law prompts flurry of bills” —<a href='https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/feb/05/concern-over-tennessees-third-grade-reading/'>Chattanooga Times Free Press</a></li><li>The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Sarah A. Cordes, “<a href='https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/edfp_a_00399/114779/Cyber-versus-Brick-and-Mortar-Achievement?redirectedFrom=fulltext'>Cyber versus Brick and Mortar: Achievement, Attainment, and Postsecondary Outcomes in Pennsylvania Charter High Schools</a>,” Education Finance and Policy (February 2023)</li></ul><p><br/></p><p><b>Feedback Welcome:</b></p><p>Have