Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...

Timothy Shanahan, a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has spent his career evaluating education ...

At least 26 states have passed laws about how schools teach reading since APM Reports’ Sold a Story podcast began in 2022.

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

Last year, Michigan approved two new literacy laws aimed at districts using programs that are not aligned with what’s known ...

You’ve probably seen the headlines. “Reading Crisis,” “Kids Can’t Read,” “Literacy Emergency.” The panic is real, but is the problem as bad as everyone says? According to the 2024 National Assessment ...

(NEXSTAR) — School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” into classrooms nationwide. The students older than them, however ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...