WASHINGTON (CITC) — The majority of elementary school teachers nationwide are not adequately prepared to teach students how to read, according to new data. The data stems from research conducted by ...

Congress ended funding for Reading First in 2009. The more recent science of reading movement, though, has been propelled by ...

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.The ...

For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats. Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving ...

Longstanding disparities in elementary students’ reading growth widened from instructional inconsistencies due to COVID-19 school closures and shifts to hybrid and remote instruction. Elementary ...

After years of stagnant reading scores in Wisconsin, some school districts are using federal pandemic aid to rethink their literacy instruction. Cudahy, a school district south of Milwaukee with about ...

First grade teacher Rita McCord instructs students in reading at Hiawatha Elementary School in Hiawatha on Feb. 1. The Cedar Rapids Community School District began training special education teachers ...

In an effort to improve reading levels for the city school district’s youngest students, New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) has created a new 90-minute literacy block outline for kindergarten through ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield’s public schools have formed a partnership with Ignite! Reading, a one-on-one tutoring program for students who are learning how to read. Curriculum Director Susan Dargie and ...

American students’ reading scores have stagnated for more than 30 years. What needs to change? Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has nudged parties at odds on how early literacy should be taught to agree to legislation that could significantly advance reading proficiency in California. After weeks ...

A third-grader works through a phonics lesson in Washington, Ill. A third-grader works through a phonics lesson in Washington, Ill.Matt Dayhoff—USA TODAY Network/Reuters Editor at Large As a teacher ...