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As Needham considers new options for a literacy curriculum in the elementary schools, parents are weighing in. Frederica Saylor Lalonde took a deep look at how the schools are approaching this issue of singular concern.ย 

In addition to our election coverage, the Observer will continue to focus on literacy in the coming weeks.

Parents and educators read literacy controversy differently

By Frederica Saylor Lalonde

โ€œReading warsโ€ have been fought for decades, with debates over best practices and claims of inequities. The outcry against the widely used Lucy Calkinsโ€™ Units of Study curriculum out of [โ€ฆ]

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