At the most basic level, that means practice encoding —writing letters to represent spoken sounds, the inverse of decoding in ...

Better late than never, New York state has stirred itself to change the way reading is taught in its 800-plus local school districts. Last month, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to spend (an ...

Across the country, teachers are navigating the impact of the “science of reading” laws, which mandate using curricula and methods deemed consistent with scientific findings about reading and ...

In classrooms across the state, children are learning to read from teachers required to use new tools, research and instruction. Known as the “science of reading,” this approach draws upon decades of ...

When Louisiana made gains in reading proficiency in a recent Congressionally-mandated assessment, it stuck out. NAEP — known as the nation’s report card — painted a grim picture about reading skills ...

Kids' reading scores across the country and in New York remain chronically and stubbornly low. A recent national report shows high school seniors are reading at lower levels than at any time since at ...

Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results? Most children need systematic, sound-it-out instruction ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul promised to revamp New York’s approach to literacy instruction in hopes of increasing reading scores, but a new course for teachers may impede progress. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany ...

Recently, two Massachusetts families filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit targeting publishers and authors of literacy curricula. The families seek class action status for Massachusetts students who were ...