Test scores at 66 of the state’s lowest-performing schools strongly outpaced similar schools after educators adopted phonics-based instruction, offering some of the most compelling evidence to date ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

To the editor: “English is a phonetic language,” states a letter writer who taught reading — but, I must add, only to a point. Just a brief look at the previous sentence will show numerous exceptions ...

Many teachers have never learned how to teach reading using the method that science has determined to be effective, as an important new radio documentary explains. Others simply reject the evidence.

According to most reading programs, learning to read is largely a guessing game. That approach prevents many students from learning to sound words out, with dire consequences later on. Many educators ...

WASHINGTON — Back in the 1980s, when Mary Pat Donoghue completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, “Units of Study for Teaching Reading” was a popular new program that celebrated children ...

Like lots of parents in West Linn, Maggie Traverso moved to this affluent city south of Portland for the quality of the schools. And until recently, she was satisfied. Her daughter was doing well in ...

About half of all parents say that their children have struggled to learn how to read at some point in their education. Still, the majority think that their child’s elementary school is putting the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio --Two Cuyahoga County schools—Euclid City Schools and Orchard Park Academy—are among 33 across Ohio receiving new state funding to support how children learn to read. The grants are ...