Reading Programs Picked For Phonics Pilot

Supervisor Of Literacy Lynn Brantley and Assistant Superintendent Keisha Redd-Hannans at NHPS reading expo. City public school district leaders have picked two new phonics-based K-3 literacy programs to use as part of a 12-school pilot process that is set to begin later this month?—?all as New Haven embarks on a state-mandated shift in teaching young students how to read by focusing on sounding out words instead of looking for other clues.