Naomi Martin

assistant business editor @BostonGlobe

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

Today’s Sunday front page of @BostonGlobe - the first story in @mandy_mclaren and my
series on Massachusetts’ reading crisis.

[𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 📰 @ukpapers]

🇺🇸 Lost In A World Of Words

▫Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. Outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this skill
▫@mandy_mclaren @NaomiMartin
▫https://t.co/upUrqHnmLv 🇺🇸

#frontpagestoday #USA @BostonGlobe

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

@cristymsilva So incredibly sorry for your loss, Cristy. Thank you for sharing this. Wishing you and your family peace.

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

I wrote about how ⁦@mandy_mclaren⁩ & I investigated reading instruction failures in MA for ⁦@thegrade_⁩ Hopefully this helps other reporters cover this difficult, complicated & vital topic. It was the most rewarding work I’ve done in my career. https://t.co/BtBilhvV3p

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

Massachusetts is launching effort to improve adolescent literacy interventions, believed to be first of its kind in US. This comes after our literacy series revealed the devastating impact of reading failure on thousands of teens https://t.co/pbnocgmZUW https://t.co/eieuBC7nyK

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

Breaking: Massachusetts reading curriculum bill advances out of education committee https://t.co/qI6HCiDnrr

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

“We have to treat each other like we are God’s children, no matter what religion, what background &appreciate each other’s worth & listen to each other & not fight & kill & hate.” ⁦thanks for telling my grandma’s Holocaust survival story @MaddieKhaw⁩ https://t.co/i6cwNjc8WE

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

NEW: Winchester, Lexington parents to push school committees for literacy reform

Updates to come

https://t.co/sJiKs4j0w4

[The Grade @thegrade_]

The best education journalism of the week goes to @NaomiMartin and @mandy_mclaren for their deep look at literacy failures at Massachusetts' elite schools! Read more in this week's newsletter. https://t.co/v5SK4taBtG

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

Parents rallying for structured literacy outside tonight’s Winchester school committee meeting are making a point to show their support for the district’s teachers

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

Mass. Gov. Healey proposes major investment for FY25 - $30M - to improve reading instruction in five-year plan after Globe series highlighted how MA lags in evidence-based literacy efforts & reading proficiency. Healey said MA will be No 1 in literacy https://t.co/g4R66IhBQ6

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

After the Globe asked to attend a meeting between district officials and Sterling’s family, the school system agreed to fund the extensive reading evaluation recommended for Sterling by the district’s outside evaluator. 🧵https://t.co/Fh1Dx09pVX

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

"The pain of being a teenager who can’t read well."
By @NaomiMartin in @BostonGlobe.
A must-read.
A thread with some highlights. 🧵
https://t.co/Fh1Dx09pVX

[Right to Read Project @right2readproj]

Such a good read!

"Garcia is unsure what else to do about her girls’ reading troubles. She sees the families she cooks and launders for — their kids are always reading.
The thought of hiring one hadn’t crossed her mind until a reporter asked about it..."
https://t.co/xpvpg1j0P4

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

@ehanford @mandy_mclaren @BostonGlobe Thank you, @ehanford - your reporting opened my eyes and so many others’ to this issue so I have a lot of appreciation for you and your work.

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

This is incredible reporting from @NaomiMartin and @mandy_mclaren in the @BostonGlobe.

[Michael Moriarty @mmoriarty61]

Thank you @NaomiMartin - far and away the hardest hitting article on reading @BostonGlobe has published so far. It comes hard at Chicopee, but you could have found a Sterling in any district in Massachusetts.

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

@mmoriarty61 Thank you. That means a lot to me. Appreciate you reading and talking to us.

[Michael Moriarty @mmoriarty61]

It also comes at me indirectly. I’m a policymaker who doesn’t focus on adolescent illiteracy very much. I intentionally stay focused on early literacy. I’m not sure I’m wrong doing that, but this article leaves me with a lot to process this morning.

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

This one's got a gut-punch of a kicker.

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

NEW: With literacy an ascendant education issue in MA and across the U.S., the discussion is centered on early elementary. But what about the teens who struggle to even read a text message?

@NaomiMartin closes out our series, Lost in a world of words:
https://t.co/Y5Hquo6YDl

[Naomi Martin @NaomiMartin]

Our 4th story in investigative series out now: Kids who can’t read well & don’t get proper help in school don’t disappear. They become teens/adults excluded from much of society: ballots, leases, drivers license tests, job applications. Inside their lives https://t.co/pbnocgmZUW