Explore the latest news, videos, and updates from the U-GAIN Reading project as we document our journey in integrating Generative AI with the Science of Reading. You can also explore our U-Gain Reading Blog for in-depth insights and detailed research updates from the field.
U-GAIN Reading Publications
- A National Context of Generative AI for Reading to Support English Learners (Digital Promise / August 20, 2025)
U-Gain Reading Webinars
Media Featuring U-GAIN Team
- Learning in an AI-Augmented World with Dr. Yenda Prado (Harvard GSE’s Askwith Education Forum / Dec. 3, 2025)
- AI + The Science of Reading: Accelerate Learning for Multilingual Students (Digital Promise / October 17, 2025)
- Meet the Educators Helping U-GAIN Reading Explore How GenAI Can Improve Literacy, (Digital Promise / August 1, 2025)
- AI Reading Tutors Are Already in Schools. Digital Promise Wants To Make Them Better (Tech & Learning/ June 19, 2025)
- Supporting a Tech-Enabled Vision for the Science of Reading (Digital Promise / June 10th, 2025)
- Future Fluent: Betsy Corcoran & Dr. Jeremy Roschelle on Redefining Literacy in the Age of AI (Edtech Insiders/ May 5, 2025)
- Breaking Barriers: Exploring Inclusive Education with Dr. Yenda Prado (Edtech Insiders/ Dec. 29, 2023)
- Want to Try AI With English Learners? Here’s Where to Start (EdWeek/ Dec. 12, 2024)
- Igniting a National Leadership Movement for AI-Enabled Reading Research (Digital Promise/ March 31, 2025)
- How Educators Can Maximize AI Right Now (Digital Promise/ April 14, 2025)
- ASU + GSV 2025: Digital Promise Explains Keys to AI Literacy (GovTech/ April 7, 2025)
- Can AI tools like ChatGPT bridge the gap for multilingual writers, or do they create new barriers? (Digital Promise/ Jan. 28, 2025)
AI-Enabled Technology and Literacy
- Massachusetts Guidance for Artificial Intelligence in K-12 (Massachusetts DESE / August 2025)
- AI Literacy for Educators (Massachusetts DESE / August 2025)
- Promoting AI Literacy in K-12 (SRI Education/ April 28, 2025)
- The AI Literacy Gap: How Early Adopter Districts Are Leading the Way in K-12 Education (EdPost/ April 30, 2025)
- Navigating the landscape of AI literacy education: insights from a decade of research (2014 – 2024) (Nature/ March 16, 2025)
- AI Literacy: A Framework to Understand, Evaluate, and Use Emerging Technology (Digital Promise) (Digital Promise/ June 2024)
- Growing up with Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Child Development (Xu & Prado) (Springer Nature Link / Dec. 6, 2024)
- An AI Bill of Rights for Educators (Engage AI / rev. March 28, 2025)
- Promoting parent-child shared reading with a bilingual conversational agent (ScienceDirect/ May 2025)
- How an AI bot helps Baltimore County kids learns to read (Baltimore Banner/ Nov. 25, 2024)
- MIT AI Ethics Education Curriculum (MIT Media Lab/ August 2019)
- Chicago Public Schools AI Guidance (Chicago Public Schools / 2024)
The Science of Reading
- Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences/ rev. January 2019)
- The Science of Reading Progresses: Communicating Advances Beyond the Simple View of Reading (Duke, N. & Cartwright, K./ May 7, 2021)
- How Reading Motivation and Engagement Enable Reading Achievement (Barber, A. & Klauda, S./ March 11, 2020)
- The role of asset based pedagogy in an interactive view of reading (Gabriel, R. & Lopez, F./ Oct. 31, 2024)
English Learners
- Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School (U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences/ April 2014)
- Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades (U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences/ December 2007)
- Non-Spanish Speaking ELL Students: An Unmet Need in the Market (EdWeek/ Nov. 15, 2024)
- Districts Are Ramping Up Standards for ELL Materials. Here’s How to Meet Rising Expectations (Ed Week/ Nov. 28, 2023)
Podcasts and Related Media
- FutureFluent Podcast – featuring reports from the contested boundary of AI & Learning, hosted by Betsy Corcoran with Digital Promise’s Jeremy Roschelle.
- EdTech Insiders Podcast – featuring interviews with leaders in the educational technology field, including Digital Promise’s Jeremy Roschelle and Yenda Prado
- Let’s Get Serious: Pedagogy-First, AI Enhanced Learning (ASU + GSV Summit/ April 30, 2025)
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