With more than half of the state’s third-graders failing to meet reading benchmarks, education stakeholders across the state agree that existing strategies must change in order to boost student scores ...

Stating that Oklahoma faces a literacy crisis, two state lawmakers have filed legislation to improve public school students’ ...

The human brain is hard-wired for spoken language, but we are not born with the natural ability to read. The skills that lead students to become competent, lifelong readers must be explicitly and ...

State legislation aimed at improving how reading is taught has been changing the instructional landscape in the country’s elementary schools over the past few years. A new report examines what these ...

A veteran legislator who taught elementary school for 16 years introduced comprehensive early-literacy legislation Wednesday that would impose requirements on reading instruction and add urgency to ...

Why do some students struggle with reading? And how should schools intervene to support them? These questions about perhaps the most fundamental skill schools teach—how to read—will be front and ...

CHEYENNE – Recently appointed State Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder told lawmakers on Wednesday that he considers the kindergarten to third grade reading assessment and ...

Picture a city where every airport lounge, subway station, and even the corner bank lobby features shelves lined with books - spaces where teenagers, seniors, and commuters pause to read, not just ...