When districts adopt evidence-based practices like Structured Literacy, it’s often with a surge of excitement and momentum. Yet the real challenge lies not in the initial adoption, but in sustaining ...

The NAEP results in late 2022 revealed that reading scores fell for both fourth and eighth grade readers as a result of the pandemic. Only 33 percent of fourth graders are reading proficiently, which ...

BRAINERD — A new elementary literacy curriculum is on the docket for the 2026-27 school year in Brainerd. District Literacy Coordinator Melissa Cournia presented the curriculum to the School Board on ...

If it wins the election, the National Party has vowed to shake up how children are taught to read and write. Part of this education overhaul includes a pledge to require the teaching of “structured ...

Since the start of this year, all New Zealand schools have been required to use structured literacy to teach reading and writing – including the country’s 310 primary and intermediate Māori-medium ...

Georgia has passed the Early Literacy Act of 2026, requiring K–3 reading instruction to follow science-of-reading principles and funding school-based literacy coaches. The law also updates dyslexia ...

Loralyn LaBombard is the only reading specialist at Bow Memorial School, a middle school serving grades 5-8 in a leafy town outside Concord, N.H. In the world of literacy education, that is not an ...

Sep. 6—At a summit hosted at the governor's mansion Wednesday, Heather Fleming, director of programs of the New Mexico Literacy Institute, said she was "jazzed." Fleming is a big believer in ...

As 2026 early literacy classrooms evolve, educators are discovering that the most engaging phonics instruction happens when students aren’t just coloring, but moving, sorting, and manipulating sounds.