Congress ended funding for Reading First in 2009. The more recent science of reading movement, though, has been propelled by ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in EdNC. North Carolina is one of several states that have passed legislation in recent ...

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 ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Maria Murray is a proud bookworm. When she was a kid, she would frequent the local library in lieu of having shelves of books at her home. Since it’s a library, though, ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ shakeup to elementary school reading curriculums had a clear goal: to align instruction with the “science of reading,” the catchphrase for a longstanding body of research. A free ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island elementary school is working to change the way students are learning how to read through a staff-wide commitment to implement a “science of reading” curriculum ...

Part personal narrative, part primer on the science of memory, and part exploration of the implications of cutting-edge brain ...

Three of Maine’s public universities received failing grades in 2023 for one of the most critical things they do: prepare future educators to teach kids how to read. The National Council on Teacher ...