A new national study shows that Americans’ rates of reading for pleasure have declined radically over the first quarter of ...

It’s taken four decades, but using phonics to teach English soon could be state policy. Phonics is where kids are taught a ...

The goal is for high school graduates to attain “reading levels ready for college.” The school has expected teachers to integrate literacy into their lessons since its 2007 founding.

The Trump administration has rescinded guidelines on how schools should teach English learners, which has caused concern for ...

Test scores weren’t improving, and learning outcomes weren’t where they needed to be. So it was time for a change, literacy ...

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

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 ...

Today, fourth-grade students in Mississippi read almost a full school year ahead of their peers in New York City, according to national test scores.

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 — 12:15 pm New science of reading bill aims to teach California children to read Amid a deepening national literacy crisis, awareness is growing that far too many California ...

Brett Vogelsinger, an English teacher in Pennsylvania and author of Poetry Pauses: Teaching With Poems to Elevate Student Writing in All Genres, said his classroom goes quiet after watching Kaye ...

LeVar Burton champions California’s AB 1121 bill, advocating for evidence-based reading instruction to tackle the state’s literacy crisis and support all students.