Home sets the tone for the love of reading. So parents should be included in statewide changes to reading instruction.

Readers were highly engaged in stories about reading strategies, and the impact of deep federal cuts to education programs.

When people read for fun, they look for the good stuff — a bestseller or a friend’s favorite. Lately, I’ve read a lot of texts my friends send my way — specifically, their kids’ school literacy ...

Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use exercises in phonemic awareness—the ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds in English—during literary instruction on March 19, 2025, in ...

Legislation would create a framework for more rigorous assessment, teacher training and tailored strategies to help Wyoming’s ...

Franklin College was awarded a grant focused on future elementary teachers and improving the literacy rate of Indiana’s elementary student population. Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded the institution a ...

About 1 in 3 Pennsylvania fourth graders could read at a proficient level last school year, according to national test scores ...

The statistics are well known: only 35 percent of students are reading proficiently by grade 4, and NAEP reading scores are the lowest in decades. Although most students can learn to read, the ...

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 ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy ...

A pair of bills filed for the 2026 Legislative Session would mandate students from second to fifth grade to learn how to ...