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 ...

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 ...

We’re exploring the declining skills and flagging enthusiasm for reading among American youth. One key cause can be traced back to how kids are taught to read in the earliest grades. Classic reading ...

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing many of them. The results are so obvious even those who struggle to read can see ...

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa has overseen sweeping changes to the education system. On Monday, the Board of Regents took on reading, deciding that every school district must revert to ...

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

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand ...

Books on the shelf at M.H. Moore Elementary School on Aug. 13, 2024. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com The Fort Worth Independent School District is adopting a new phonics program that officials ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The government invested billions of dollars in schools to help them recover from the pandemic, but five years later, many students are still struggling—especially with reading. The ...