The battleground of the reading wars is a contentious and scary place. This war has been ongoing for a century, with either side gaining and losing ground as the educational pendulum swings back and ...

It’s agreed across the spectrum of education that, ideally, until third grade kids learn to read and, after that kids read to learn. A wealth of statistics show that children who are not reading ...

The Plain Dealer’s March 5 editorial, “Laudable K-12 proposals on literacy instruction should not be mandatory,” presented a balanced approach to help solving literacy instruction in Ohio’s schools.

Third grade students at Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich read independently during their reading hour. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is once again making the push for phonics-based literacy education for Ohio students after last week's State of the State address. In Columbus, guests packed the Lincoln Theatre ...

National and state reading scores for elementary school students are down. And in Berlin, New Hampshire, some teachers and parents say there’s a literacy crisis happening in their school district. At ...

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

Students in New York City’s schools now have new hope for becoming stronger readers thanks to the sweeping changes recently enacted by the Department of Education. Yet the sorely needed shift to ...

CLARIFICATION: The article was revised on April 24 to clarify that the Committee on Accreditation, by law, has the power to accredit programs. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing responds to ...