A widely used, and initially successful, intervention for struggling beginning readers may hurt students’ reading growth in the long run, a new study finds. Reading Recovery was considered one of the ...

What should an elementary reading block look like? For such a common part of the school day, it’s surprising to find that there’s no one right answer. More than 40 states have passed legislation ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

Years ago, I coached my 8-year-old son’s basketball team. A few games into the season, a parent berated me for not winning every game. I shared that I had two primary goals (and neither was piling up ...

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...