The plaintiffs sold faulty curricula that “sought to diminish and even exclude” phonics instruction, two mothers claim in a suit seeking class-action status.
Published Dec. 5, 2024
Did three renowned literacy specialists — along with their publishers — engage in “deceptive and fraudulent” marketing practices by promoting reading curricula that ignored research on the importance of phonics?
That question is at the heart of a lawsuit seeking class action status filed by two mothers Wednesday in Massachusetts Superior Court against Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Also named in the lawsuit are Greenwood Publishing Group, Heinemann Publishing, HMH Education Co., and the board of trustees of Columbia University’s Teachers College...
Reading wars head to court: Lawsuit claims ‘deceptive’ practices by famed literacy specialists | K-12 Dive
