More than 1 in 3 children in kindergarten through grade 3 have little chance of reading on grade level by the end of the school year without major and systemic interventions. That’s according to a new ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

As more states consider passing early literacy laws, one controversial aspect of these policies is back in the spotlight—grade retention. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia either allow ...

"To a child who doesn't read," the nearly 50-year-old public service television advertisement intoned, "the world is a closed book. Drifting, dropping back, dropping out. Once you start a child ...

The lawmaker who sponsored the Alabama Literacy Act, which focuses attention and resources on improving reading instruction in the earliest grades, has filed a bill to delay a key part of the law by ...