Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy instruction in schools nationwide. After decades of debate over the most effective ...

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) introduced the READ Act on Monday, June 8. (Photo by Tyler ...

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 ...

What should an elementary reading block look like? For such a common part of the school day, it’s surprising to find that there’s no one right answer. More than 40 states have passed legislation ...

For decades, Congress has largely waited for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act before making sweeping changes to federal education policy. That restraint now appears to ...

North Carolina's teachers' colleges are doing a much better job of preparing educators for reading instruction, just a few years after getting dismal marks for failing to align with research on how ...

A recently added carveout to a math interventions bill would exempt some Ohio schools from teaching the science of reading curriculum — despite a statewide mandate. Lawmakers in the Ohio House ...

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 ...