New Curriculum, Same Scores: Did Your District Just Waste Millions?  with Dr. Shawn Datchuk | October 11, 2026 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ue4vljZJNfw Districts are spending millions on shiny new reading programs. So why are so many scores stuck? Shawn Datchuk, professor of special education at the University of Iowa and former director of the Iowa Reading Research Center, helps schools choose reading materials. Teachers keep asking him the same question: will any of these actually ...

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