Push for the ‘right to read’ landing at State House

Push for the ‘right to read’ landing at State House
CommonWealth Beacon
April 9, 2025
By Michael Jonas

“Mary Tamer, executive director of MassPotential, a nonprofit focused on K-12 education, and a leader of the Mass. Reads Coalition, said the bill offers districts lots of leeway to use a curriculum that suits their students and their needs – as long as it uses the approach backed by research evidence.

‘There’s nothing in the bill that says you have to use this one [curriculum], or have to use one of these five,’ she said. ‘We’re just saying it has to be high quality and research-based under the state guidelines. There’s so much latitude here.’”