Why do so many students struggle to understand what they read, even after they learn how to read? That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools have ...

Educators are rethinking how reading should be taught in schools. New research has highlighted flaws in decades-old methods. As a result, dozens of states have passed laws or implemented new policies ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Visited recently by one of his former students, Minnesota teacher Eric Kalenze was ...

Post by Joanna P. Williams, Teachers College, Columbia University Many children who do not have trouble learning how to read do have trouble understanding what they read. Yet surprisingly, ...

Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ first year using an evidence-based curriculum to teach reading has been embraced by students and teachers despite a few shortcomings, which include the rigid ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

AI-simulated students consistently outperform real students—and make different kinds of mistakes—in math and reading comprehension, according to a new study.

A proposal in the Iowa Senate would limit how language and reading can be taught to early elementary schoolers, laying out specific learning methods such as phonics while Gov. Kim Reynolds seeks to ...

Imagine a cross-country road trip using outdated maps. What are the chances you’ll take the best routes or even get to your destination? This is what’s happening in California classrooms. Teachers ...

A nonprofit group is trying to stop a new state law requiring “the science of reading,” underscoring how money and ideology influence the national debate. By Sarah Mervosh When Gov. Mike DeWine of ...