“Progressives” at teachers’ colleges pushed a reading technique called “Balanced Literacy.” Instead of memorizing sounds and ...

In early 2026, a small group of first-grade students at Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in St. James, Missouri, sat together sounding out words. Kim Williams, the school’s principal, watched as ...

A new curriculum teaches young children how to break down words by their sounds and then put them back together.

PEL Learning Centers expands in California with mastery-based Math & ELA tutoring using Singapore Math and Spalding ...

Now, teachers and literacy groups are stepping in. Across Arkansas, schools are focused on reading and making sure students ...

Children who struggle with spelling may not need more memorization — they may need a deeper understanding of how words work.

The "Mississippi Miracle" has been cited by governors, researchers, and education policy wonks across the country. North Carolina may be next, Andrew Dunn says.

Proper diagnostics create a foundation to help close the literacy gap and drive measurable outcomes for all students.

Kindergarten teachers at East Oakview took part in a “learning lab” to observe how their colleagues teach new phonics lessons.

Fulton County’s literacy coaches helped raise reading scores, offering a model as Georgia considers placing a coach in every ...

Grief has a strange way of archiving itself in the rooms of our lives, waiting for a pivotal moment to resurface.My firstborn starting school reignited a latent grief I hadn't expected, not because he ...

And when it comes to kids learning to read, parents should remember that teachers can’t do the whole job themselves; they need parents as partners. What parents do may matter as much or more than ...