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The development of strong reading skills in the early grades plays a key role in students' academic success. To support budding readers, research evidence recommends that teachers provide differentiated instruction in small groups in the context of Tier 1 support. By using differentiated small groups, teachers can better meet the needs of individual students wherever they are in their reading journeys.

Because of disruptions to schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic, many young readers in Michigan missed opportunities to develop foundational reading skills...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt student learning across the country. In Illinois, all public and nonpublic school buildings were closed by executive order in March 2020 to protect the health and safety of students and educators during the pandemic. Districts across the state shifted to remote instruction for the rest of the 2019/20 school year, and many continued with distance education, or a hybrid of distance and in-person learning, in the 2020/21 school year. ...

In this post, REL Midwest reflects on 5 years of partnership work to support Black students' success in Wisconsin and the Midwest region.

Over the past year, REL Midwest coaches assisted an Illinois district in building staff capacity to implement a curriculum change that will provide rigorous learning opportunities to all students.

REL Midwest facilitators of a virtual networked improvement community in Minnesota recently wrapped up a year of work and reflected on their challenges and lessons learned, particularly during the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.