The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is particularly interested in tracking the progress of the current kindergarten students.

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in EdNC. North Carolina is one of several states that have passed legislation in recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Girls reading book in classroom at school “Bringing together [dual-language education] with science-based reading instruction can ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A state audit released Tuesday found 10 of Ohio's 48 teaching universities and colleges are not in alignment with requirements on teaching the Science of Reading to future educators.

The Reading League announced today the launch of a new initiative, The Reading League Press, a publishing branch dedicated to ...

The science of reading is having a moment. Pundits are trumpeting the Southern Surge and celebrating academic outcomes in (gasp!) Mississippi and Louisiana. Outlets like the New York Times and ...

On an evening walk in 2023, I’d just started listening to Emily Hanford’s groundbreaking podcast “Sold a Story,” when an interview with a father and daughter hit me like a ton of library books. The ...

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. A bill that could reshape literacy education in California ...

The response, at least in its ideal form, was not to narrow literacy instruction but to strengthen it. Schools restored ...