Naomi Martin

Today’s Sunday front page of @BostonGlobe - the first story in @mandy_mclaren and my series on Massachusetts’ reading crisis.

@cristymsilva So incredibly sorry for your loss, Cristy. Thank you for sharing this. Wishing you and your family peace.

I wrote about how ⁦@mandy_mclaren⁩ & I investigated reading instruction failures in MA for ⁦@thegrade_⁩ Hopefully this helps other reporters cover this difficult, complicated & vital topic. It was the most rewarding work I’ve done in my career. kappanonline.org/martin-secrets…

Massachusetts is launching effort to improve adolescent literacy interventions, believed to be first of its kind in US. This comes after our literacy series revealed the devastating impact of reading failure on thousands of teens bostonglobe.com/2024/01/12/met… survey.alchemer.com/s3/7618281/A-L…

Breaking: Massachusetts reading curriculum bill advances out of education committee bostonglobe.com/2024/02/07/met…

“We have to treat each other like we are God’s children, no matter what religion, what background &appreciate each other’s worth & listen to each other & not fight & kill & hate.” ⁦thanks for telling my grandma’s Holocaust survival story @MaddieKhaw⁩ bostonglobe.com/2024/01/25/met…

NEW: Winchester, Lexington parents to push school committees for literacy reform Updates to come bostonglobe.com/2024/01/23/met…

The best education journalism of the week goes to @NaomiMartin and @mandy_mclaren for their deep look at literacy failures at Massachusetts' elite schools! Read more in this week's newsletter. kappanonline.org/russo-school-c…

Parents rallying for structured literacy outside tonight’s Winchester school committee meeting are making a point to show their support for the district’s teachers

Mass. Gov. Healey proposes major investment for FY25 - $30M - to improve reading instruction in five-year plan after Globe series highlighted how MA lags in evidence-based literacy efforts & reading proficiency. Healey said MA will be No 1 in literacy bostonglobe.com/2024/01/17/met…

After the Globe asked to attend a meeting between district officials and Sterling’s family, the school system agreed to fund the extensive reading evaluation recommended for Sterling by the district’s outside evaluator. 🧵bostonglobe.com/2024/01/12/met…

"The pain of being a teenager who can’t read well." By @NaomiMartin in @BostonGlobe. A must-read. A thread with some highlights. 🧵 bostonglobe.com/2024/01/12/met…

Such a good read! "Garcia is unsure what else to do about her girls’ reading troubles. She sees the families she cooks and launders for — their kids are always reading. The thought of hiring one hadn’t crossed her mind until a reporter asked about it..." bostonglobe.com/2024/01/10/met…

@ehanford @mandy_mclaren @BostonGlobe Thank you, @ehanford - your reporting opened my eyes and so many others’ to this issue so I have a lot of appreciation for you and your work.

This is incredible reporting from @NaomiMartin and @mandy_mclaren in the @BostonGlobe.

Thank you @NaomiMartin - far and away the hardest hitting article on reading @BostonGlobe has published so far. It comes hard at Chicopee, but you could have found a Sterling in any district in Massachusetts.

@mmoriarty61 Thank you. That means a lot to me. Appreciate you reading and talking to us.

It also comes at me indirectly. I’m a policymaker who doesn’t focus on adolescent illiteracy very much. I intentionally stay focused on early literacy. I’m not sure I’m wrong doing that, but this article leaves me with a lot to process this morning.

This one's got a gut-punch of a kicker.

NEW: With literacy an ascendant education issue in MA and across the U.S., the discussion is centered on early elementary. But what about the teens who struggle to even read a text message? @NaomiMartin closes out our series, Lost in a world of words: bostonglobe.com/2024/01/12/met…

Our 4th story in investigative series out now: Kids who can’t read well & don’t get proper help in school don’t disappear. They become teens/adults excluded from much of society: ballots, leases, drivers license tests, job applications. Inside their lives bostonglobe.com/2024/01/12/met…