In recent years, the once-esoteric term “evidence-based reading instruction” has spread beyond research institutions to become part of the vernacular of classroom teachers tasked with teaching young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sixth Charleston County school, Carolina Park Elementary in Mount Pleasant, will use the Orton-Gillingham literacy approach to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A sixth Charleston County school will adopt the Orton-Gillingham literacy approach through the Lowcountry Literacy Project, officials will announce Tuesday night. The ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — New data shows achievement gaps in education for some Charleston County School District classrooms are shrinking thanks to the groundwork for the Lowcountry Literacy Project.

In 2019, a grassroots campaign led by parents succeeded in passing a wave of dyslexia legislation. Many states mandated hallmarks of the Orton-Gillingham method, specifically calling for “multisensory ...

Summer vacation doesn’t mean work stops for teachers. At an RE-1 Valley School Board meeting on Monday, Dawn Cole, kindergarten/first grade resource teacher at Ayres Elementary, Patricia Kramer, fifth ...

The Orton-Gillingham (OG) method is a well-researched, structured and multisensory approach to the teaching of reading, writing and spelling, and particularly suitable for dyslexic and other literacy ...

What started as a group of parents coming together to find resources for their children has turned into a formal program driving results at local public schools. The Lowcountry Literacy Project is an ...