Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and ...

Inside a classroom in St. Charles Parish, a group of first graders sit around their teacher as she points to an easel with a large piece of paper titled “READING.” Under it, six steps lay out how to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - -Gov. Mike DeWine announced he’s sending additional reading experts into K-8 schools to assist in executing the “science of reading” approach to literacy instruction. “Even with a ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio teachers seem to be getting on board with Gov. Mike DeWine’s shift in approach to literacy education. A recent survey found that 68% of Ohio early elementary teachers see the ...

The largest school system in the country enters its second year of an ambitious, multi-year journey to overhaul how it teaches children how to read this fall. Across New York City, schools have ...

Can you spell deja vu? The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a ...

$49 million in funding for a Wisconsin reading initiative is stalled in a political battle between Democrats and Republicans. The funding was approved in 2023 to support the "science of reading" ...

The coalition seeks private and state funding, potentially a disputed $49 million in state funds. Leaders from MPS, charter and voucher schools are collaborating, though teacher union representation ...