Nearly half of Utah’s K-3 students are reading behind their grade level, even though almost five years ago Utah lawmakers set ...

The state aims to see 70% of its third graders reading at grade level by 2027. So far, only about half are hitting the mark.

Almost all children can learn to read with effective data-driven support, according to Gardner Institute analysis.

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 ...

They cannot apply inference; they cannot process questions that are longer than a sentence. They cannot connect cause and ...

By Ellen Gelman Imagine being a high school student sitting in a room where everyone around you seems to understand texts ...

The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, now in its fifth year, celebrated its success in raising third grade reading proficiency — an important predictor of school success and high school ...

Setting high expectations for reading is not a problem, but labeling only students meeting those high expectations as ...

The day after a troubling report showed how nearly half of young students in Utah are struggling to read at the proper grade ...

December 18, 2025 - In the bilingual education world, José Medina is a superstar. A former teacher turned principal turned researcher, he spreads his message of respecting students' languages on ...

On Monday, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute released a report detailing early literacy rates among Utah children, ...