Some advocates and parents are worried the state's new literacy laws won't be enough to move districts not already embracing ...

When students at Moline Elementary gather for reading lessons, their teachers now use strategies that go beyond memorization — helping children connect sounds, letters, and meaning. It’s part of a ...

Compton Unified and LAUSD schools are among the high flyers for progress in latest state test scores, but pandemic setbacks ...

The government has made some bold claims for its school reading policies - including that early results have been " transformational ". But we should ...

GH picks the best kids books of 2025, including board books, picture books, graphic novels, and more nominated by librarians and tested with children.

Imagine standing in line at a café, ready to order a coffee — but the words just won’t come. That’s the kind of everyday ...

Step inside Great Hearts Harveston on any given morning, and you’ll find classrooms humming with focus and energy. In one ...

More Sounds is the fourth book in a series of four entitled Cut and Paste Phonics. This book has been created for students in Years 1 and 2, and is designed to be used in conjunction with any regular ...

Former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on testing, accountability, and how to reverse the decade-long decline in U.S. student achievement. Plus: David Frum on Donald Trump’s cult of sycophancy.

The phonics screening check is so closely correlated with month of birth that it can be argued that it is a test of age rather than decoding.

The law comes on the heels of a host of other literacy initiatives, including mandatory dyslexia screening and universal ...

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.