Teachers & Families: The ultimate partnership

Teachers & Families: The ultimate partnership

In the last 25 years, fourth-grade pre-pandemic literacy rates in the U.S. haven’t budged—and academic disparities are widening—despite billions invested in classroom intervention. Post-pandemic, the numbers have declined even further with McKinsey reporting that...
The key to reading success

The key to reading success

The keys to effective reading instruction are the student, the teacher, and the parents. When parents exercise their power as co-educators, in collaboration with their teachers, children will grow as readers. Springboard’s philosophy of springing children forward and...
A parent perspective

A parent perspective

This past summer my children took part in Springboard Summer with OUSD. I was skeptical about putting them into this program at first but I knew I wanted them to be in a reading program over the summer. What I found was that this program is well worth the time and...
How to choose a book

How to choose a book

Booktalks and Engaging Readers is a monthly series that is mostly dedicated to children’s books. In addition to sharing quality literature with teachers and families, this series will share resources for what works — and what doesn’t — for encouraging and...