As students head back to school across New York State, classrooms are also going back to basics. Following a 2024 decision from the Board of Regents, later written into the state budget, districts are ...

Elementary schools across the region are changing up how they teach kids to read. That move is line with a push at the state level to move away from a style of teaching that had kids learn whole words ...

“We have a science of reading,” Snow said. “But now, we need a science of teaching reading that is equally well-developed if ...

Without substantial reading skills, “the risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as ...

California schools will begin screening kindergartners and first- and second- graders for dyslexia to combat the state's low ...

George Orwell once wrote that restating the obvious is the “first duty of intelligent people.” In that vein, allow us to ...

Key education bills tackling unhealthy food, discrimination and literacy landed on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk this week. Here’s ...

Early literacy isn't just an education issue. It's the foundation of lifelong learning, stronger communities, and a more ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

Emily Scherer has been teaching fifth-grade English in Newport, Vermont, for nearly a decade. In this remote, poor corner of ...

When digital progress leaves basic literacy behindDigital access is expanding fast across South Africa, but without basic literacy, can it truly empower? By Rennie Naidoo, Professor in Information ...

Just in the last three months we've interviewed: Kartina McDaniel: the woman in charge of the reading improvement program for the Oklahoma City school district. Annette Jacobi: head of the state ...