Who we are ... what we do(Page)

    WHO WE ARE Saddleback started with a problem my father couldn't ignore. Thomas Milano spent years teaching high school math in South Philadelphia. His students weren't failing math because they...

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    Phonics for Older Students: How Decodable Books Work for Tweens and Teens(Post)

    Systematic phonics works at any age, but the materials built to teach it were never designed for more than one. On the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 31% of American fourth graders

    What the Science of Reading Means for Middle and High School(Post)

    Why the next frontier of literacy reform is not in third grade. It is in sixth, ninth, and eleventh. When most district leaders hear "the science of reading," they picture a kindergarten classroom: s

    Career Exploration for Students Who Will Not Earn a Four-Year Degree(Post)

    Most American adults do not hold a bachelor’s degree. Most high school career conversations are still designed as if they will. Walk into any American high school in May and you will see seniors maki

    Webinar Series (Page)

     Check out our new Saddleback Educational Video Series HERE

    Rebuilding Reading Identity in Striving Adolescents(Post)

    Why the work in middle and high school is not just about skills. It is about who students believe they are. Ask a struggling tenth grader to describe themselves as a reader, and you will rarely get a

    Designing Tier 2 and Tier 3 Reading Intervention at the Secondary Level(Post)

    A practical framework for administrators building MTSS for middle and high school readers. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support were developed, refined, and largely deployed at the elementary level. The r

    Phonics FAQs(Page)

    What are phonics books? Phonics books are particular texts used to help teach reading. They emphasize the importance of the relationship between letters and sounds. Saddleback phonics books provide...

    Video Series(Page)

    Linking Listening & Speaking with Reading & Writing When multilingual learners struggle to participate, the instinct is to reduce talking time. Valentina Gonzalez says that's the wrong move,...

    A Buyer’s Framework for Secondary Reading Intervention Curricula(Post)

    How administrators can evaluate programs beyond the pitch deck. Most administrators who have been through a secondary reading intervention adoption know the pattern. The vendor presents Lexile gains,