The largest school system in the country enters its second year of an ambitious, multi-year journey to overhaul how it teaches children how to read this fall. Across New York City, schools have ...

Last April, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas pulled a bill on early literacy instruction and asked proponents and adversaries to reach a compromise on legislation for improving the reading skills of ...

Soon after her son started first grade at Vallecito Elementary School in Terra Linda last fall, Dawn Patrice noticed something had changed. “He started really resisting going to school,” Patrice said ...

All Maryland public schools will emphasize phonics and vocabulary when teaching kids to read starting next year, according to a plan unveiled Tuesday during a state school board meeting. Interim State ...

In the December 2024 issue, Helen Lewis wrote about how one woman became the scapegoat for America’s literacy crisis. A heartfelt thank-you to Helen Lewis for her reporting on Lucy Calkins and the ...

After nearly two decades instructing both students and teachers, Jennifer Throndsen has identified three key tools to scaffold literacy instruction for developing readers: active reading, background ...

Desks fill a classroom in a high school in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators say they are dedicating more time to addressing student learning outcomes, ...

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