As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina wants to expand the use of the “science of reading” into middle schools and high schools in an effort to improve ...

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

The coalition seeks private and state funding, potentially a disputed $49 million in state funds. Leaders from MPS, charter and voucher schools are collaborating, though teacher union representation ...

Inside a classroom in St. Charles Parish, a group of first graders sit around their teacher as she points to an easel with a large piece of paper titled “READING.” Under it, six steps lay out how to ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Whether you do it for fun or it’s part of your job, reading can be huge part of your everyday life. However only 39% of third graders in Arizona are reading at grade level and a ...

Recently, two Massachusetts families filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit targeting publishers and authors of literacy curricula. The families seek class action status for Massachusetts students who were ...

Milwaukee is facing a significant reading crisis affecting the majority of its students. Milwaukee education and civic leaders have formed a new coalition to unite various school sectors on this issue ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. Earlier this year, the National Assessment of Educational Progress released its annual report card, ...