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The science of reading has made a much-needed comeback in recent years, with several states enacting policies for educators training on it. However, fluency practice doesn’t have to occur only at ...

NBC 5 is Reading With You all summer long, with ways to keep your children engaged in reading while they are out of school. This week’s lesson is on fluency. According to Dallas nonprofit Catch Up and ...

With the new school year now rolling, teachers and school leaders are likely being hit with a hard truth: Many students are not proficient in reading. This, of course, presents challenges for students ...

North Carolina students are rebounding from the pandemic but have not yet fully recovered academically. We need to work hard this year to accelerate student learning to get back to pre-COVID ...

ROCK ISLAND -- When Omar Perez was a kindergartner, he couldn't read or speak English fluently. Now, the second grader at Longfellow Elementary can do both. Omar, 7, is an example of the minor ...

For typically developing readers, fluency—or the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and expression—is often simply a product of practice. Having mastered the letter sounds, decoding rules, and a ...

A renown cognitive psychologist is touting the importance of spelling for reading achievement. In his highly regarded new book, Raising Kids Who Read [1], cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham says ...