Tag: Reading

Police investigating shooting in east Reading

May 16—A man was shot Wednesday evening in east Reading, police said. Police were dispatched about 7 p.m. to the 1300 block of Fairview Street for a report of a shooting. Officers arrived and located the victim, who suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken by ambulance to Reading Hospital. No […]

Fed’s Powell is unfazed by the latest hot inflation reading

After another reading of hotter-than-expected inflation, you’d think Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might be getting a little worried that the battle will go on much longer than expected. But Powell, for the most part, isn’t stressing ahead of Wednesday’s crucial Consumer Price Index data set to be released in the morning. Tuesday’s wholesale inflation […]

Georgian parliament holds final reading of divisive ‘Russian-style’ bill

Georgia’s parliament has begun the third and final reading of a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. The bill would require media and non-governmental organisations as well as other non-profits to register as “pursuing […]

LAUSD Rolls Out Science of Reading and Training As California Lawmakers Reject Curriculum Mandate

Los Angeles Unified is pushing ahead with district-wide lesson plans based on the science of reading even after state lawmakers rejected legislation requiring the curriculum. About half of the 434 elementary schools in the nation’s second-largest school system have already adopted lessons aligned to the phonics-based science of reading, according to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The district […]