Only one in four third graders in Illinois can read at grade level, a gap that has only widened since the COVID-19 pandemic. To address this disparity in literacy, the Illinois State Board of Education is seeking to overhaul the way reading is taught by the state, and lawmakers want to give them a deadline to do it.

Reset hears the latest on the proposed changes and how Illinois fits into the national movement to change how children learn to read in the U.S.

GUEST: Cassie Walker Burke, WBEZ editor