4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus on ...

It’s out with the new and in with the old again for students in South Dakota’s English and Language Arts classrooms. The South Dakota Board of Education Standards approved revisions to the English and ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The policies on teaching reading have insisted that an approach called “systematic ...

We’re exploring the declining skills and flagging enthusiasm for reading among American youth. One key cause can be traced back to how kids are taught to read in the earliest grades. Classic reading ...

As educators and families search for ways to improve early literacy outcomes, the Scott County Library System is expanding a reading program built around the Science of Reading — research that focuses ...

Elaine Reese has received funding from the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand. University of Otago provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. University of Otago provides ...