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Asian Students’ Test Scores Are Often High. Our Success Is Complicated

Janette Fu

Fight Over Phonics: Will California Require the ‘Science of Reading’ in Schools?

Carolyn Jones

Helping Teachers Find & Use High-Quality Materials, Including Science of Reading

Eric Hirsch

‘Sold a Story’: 6 Takeaways from Deep Dive into Literacy in Steubenville, Ohio

Robert Pondiscio

St. Louis Educators Learn What’s Missing in How They Teach Science of Reading

Lauren Wagner

Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture ‘Mississippi Miracle’

Greg Toppo

Content Guru Natalie Wexler Urges Us to Move ‘Beyond The Science of Reading’

Greg Toppo

Study: Math Scores Matter More for Adult Earnings Than Reading, Health Factors

Lauren Camera

Reading Crisis in LAUSD: ‘This Is… a Problem With a Responsibility That Falls on All of Us’

Shruthi Narayanan

In Ohio, Phonics-Based Science Of Reading for Preschoolers

Patrick O’Donnell

Lawsuit Accuses Famous Literacy Specialists of Deceptive Marketing

Erica Meltzer

New Study: Many Older Students Struggle to Push Beyond Reading ‘Threshold’

Linda Jacobson

4 St. Louis Schools Getting $1M in Grants to Rethink How They Teach Kids to Read

Lauren Wagner

First-of-Its-Kind Report on Dyslexia, Reading Unveiled at Nebraska Department of Education

Zach Wendling

I’m a Tutor in South Central LA. Here’s What Kids There Need to Learn to Read

Janette Fu

Feds Award Oregon $11.5 Million, Perhaps Millions More to Come, to Improve Literacy Instruction

Alex Baumhardt

How is Your School’s Literacy Curriculum Changing? What Parents Should Know About NYC Reads

Alex Zimmerman

Most Alaska Students are Not Proficient in Reading, Math or Science, State Test Results Show

Claire Stremple

How Science of Reading Raised Literacy, Graduation Rates in My Small Urban N.Y. District

Tanya Wilson-Thevanesan

St. Louis NAACP Files Federal Complaint Over Black Students’ Low Reading Scores

Lauren Wagner

All Ohio School Districts Now Teach Science of Reading Curriculum

Megan Henry

Iowa Department of Education Launches AI-Powered Reading Tutor Program

Robin Opsahl

To Boost Reading Scores, Maryland School Takes Curriculum Out of Teachers’ Hands

Jeffrey A. Lawson

How One St. Louis Literacy Org Helps Black Students Become Proficient Readers

Sierra Lyons

Missouri Uses Money, Laws to Push Evidence-Based Reading Instruction

Maria Benevento

To Maximize the Impact of Curriculum Mandates, Follow the Science of Reading

Gary Willow

From COVID Learning Loss to Artificial Intelligence, Education R&D Can’t Wait

Penny Schwinn & Carey Wright

Ohio Moves Ahead with Science of Reading Lessons, But Some Schools Still Lag

Patrick O’Donnell

No Textbooks, Times Tables or Spelling Tests: Things My 6th Grader Didn’t Learn

Chad Aldeman

Amid Book Bans and Board Elections, Maryland Schools Embrace Science of Reading

Frederick Briggs

‘Just a Mom’ Starts Nonprofit to Help Kids — Like Her Daughter — Learn to Read

Sandra Bermudez

World-Renowned Artist Jeff Koons Visits NYC Classroom to Share New Literacy Game

Amanda Geduld

Indiana Science of Reading Teacher Training: More Than Most States, But Not All

Patrick O’Donnell

For Stronger Readers in Third Grade, Start Building Knowledge in Preschool

Susan B. Neuman & Lily Wong Fillmore

To Hold Back Struggling Readers or Not: Indiana & Ohio Take Different Paths

Patrick O’Donnell

Alabama State Board of Education Approves Literacy Coursework Change

Jemma Stephenson

Critics Call ‘Consumer Reports’ of Curriculum Slow to Adapt to Reading Reforms

Linda Jacobson

LAUSD Rolls Out Science of Reading and Training As California Lawmakers Reject Curriculum Mandate

Ben Chapman

California Considers ‘Science of Reading’ Bill, as 6 in 10 Students Lag Behind

Angelina Hicks

Ohio DOE and Workforce Releases Science of Reading Survey Results

Megan Henry

Texas Schools Rethink Teacher Training to Embrace the ‘Science of Reading’

Edna Cruz & Alaura Mack

School Leaders Need Training in the Science of Reading, Just Like Teachers

Richard Bransfield

Why the Adult Education World Is Overdue In Embracing the Science of Reading

Larissa Phillips

Connecticut’s Right to Read Law Faces Criticism. The State is Pushing Back

Jessika Harkay

Missouri is Trying to Overhaul Reading Instruction. KIPP Got There First

Kevin Mahnken

South Dakota Gov. Noem’s Phonics Literacy Effort Advances in Legislature

Makenzie Huber

Amid Literacy Push, Many States Still Don’t Prepare Teachers for Success, Report Finds

Kevin Mahnken

One-on-One Tutoring Program Bets Big on Teaching Kindergartners to Read

Julian Roberts-Grmela

The Best Way to Teach Reading Is Proven — What Mississippi, Colorado Get Right

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

What Texas’ Tumultuous History with Literacy Means for Its Children’s Future

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

Maryland DOE, Blueprint Board Aim to Boost Literacy Scores in Elementary Schools

William J. Ford

Read to Your Dog, Your Cat—Just Read! NCAA Boosts Literacy for Indy 3rd Graders

Sierra Lyons

Bridging the Parent Perception-Child Performance Gap in St. Louis Schools

Lauren Wagner

Back in Conversation: New Beginnings on Class Disrupted

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Science of Reading: New Tool Identifies 8 Key Traits of Top Literacy Curriculum

Barbara Davidson

Implementation a Hurdle in New Alabama Reading Instruction Plans, Say Educators

Jemma Stephenson

Reading Recovery Lawsuit Trying to Prevent Science of Reading in Ohio Schools

Megan Henry

As Test Scores Crater, Debate Over Whether There’s a ‘Science’ to Math Recovery

Jo Napolitano

Helping Teachers Bring the Science of Reading to Life in the Classroom

Bailey Cato Czupryk

Ohio Gov Highlights Science of Reading Provisions in the New State Budget

Megan Henry

Report Shows Groundswell of New Support in States for Science of Reading

Lynn Olson

Why the ‘Science of Reading’ May be the Next Dyslexia Battleground in California

Joe Hong

New Report Flunks Teacher Prep Programs on the Science of Reading

Kate Rix

How Teacher Turnover Could Hinder Classrooms in Implementing Science of Reading

Rupen Fofaria

As Reading Instruction Shifts, Absenteeism and Tardies Can Lead to Poor Outcomes

Rupen Fofaria

To Bolster Civics Knowledge & Reading Skills, Why Not Do Both at the Same Time?

Ross Wiener

Report: Training of Ohio Teachers in the ‘Science of Reading’ Earns Mixed Grades

Patrick O’Donnell

Indiana Joins States Mandating the Science of Reading in Classrooms

Patrick O’Donnell

In Search of Equity, Divided Ga. District Taps COVID Funds for Reading Overhaul

Linda Jacobson

The ‘Transformation is Real’ as Science of Reading Takes Hold in N.C. Schools

Rupen Fofaria

Ohio Keeps Talking About the ‘Science of Reading,’ But What Does That Mean?

Megan Henry

‘Heavy Hand’: Ohio Teachers Oppose Governor’s Science of Reading-Only Edict

Patrick O’Donnell

Schools Still Pouring Money Into Reading Materials That Teach Kids to Guess

Asher Lehrer-Small

Teacher Pay, School Choice, Literacy: Top Priorities for 44 Governors in 2023

Bella DiMarco & Nathalie Kirsch

South by Southwest Education: 23 Panels & Sessions Worth Seeing in 2023

Greg Toppo

‘The Evidence is Clear’: Ohio Gov Pushes For Science of Reading As Only Approach

Patrick O’Donnell

Idaho’s New School Chief Lays Out Her Bold Plan to Change ‘Literally Everything’

Alan Gottlieb

Science of Reading Gives Kids the Best Chance to Close the Literacy Gap

John B. King & Jacquelyn Davis

Teaching Kids to Read — Not Guess. Free Summer Program Launches to Help Parents

Chad Aldeman

Amid Literacy Crisis, CA Ed Chief Rejects Phonics-Driven Approach to Reading

Linda Jacobson

Legislators Push for Money to Train Oregon Teachers in the Science of Reading

Alex Baumhardt

Maryland Unveils ‘Ambitious’ Slate of Learning Recovery Programs

Asher Lehrer-Small

Literacy & COVID Learning Loss: How Teachers Can Help Kids Repair Reading Skills

The 74

COVID Learning Loss: Educators Talk Science of Reading & Closing Literacy Gaps

The 74

Teacher's View: How the Science of Reading Helped Me Help My Students

Jessica Pasik