End of Reading First

Although the new federal budget includes a funding boost for the Education Department, Reading First will be ending. I guess I'll be able to carry my experiences and knowledge of RF into my future research, and I'll understand the RF policy era and can account for the sediment it leaves behind. Of course I wonder which structures and practices from RF will remain, and I'm curious how districts and states will choose what to do next. Will California give more choices to its districts? Will Open Court TEs gather dust in classrooms? Will teachers turn back to contextualized phonics instruction and lit circles? It seems like another policy window is opening!