Nearly 300 leaders gathered in Detroit Monday for the first Michigan Literacy Summit, discussing challenges kids face with ...

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

The governor addressed a few hundred educators Monday during the state's first literacy summit, calling the subject her No. 1 ...

Oklahoma has consistently lingered toward the bottom of state rankings when it comes to reading comprehension with elementary ...

Mississippi is a state burdened by deep poverty, tightfisted public spending, and a punishing legacy of segregation. It ...

Teaching 1st grade also means managing a lot of transitions—helping students move quickly and calmly from one activity to another, or giving them small “brain breaks” to move and stretch. At the ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

In Meagan Beam’s dining room, a dozen 3D printers whir and clack away as they crank out plastic tiles with colorful raised letters, letter combinations and pictures on them. The tiles are part of a ...

A 10-hour course for educators creates a common language for teaching phonemic awareness across all grade levels.

Sometimes school staff assume it is too difficult to improve an older student’s reading skills. They may think a student’s ...

Consistently poor spelling can indicate that a child has dyslexia or another related learning challenge. If that's masked by ...