In recent years, the once-esoteric term “evidence-based reading instruction” has spread beyond research institutions to become part of the vernacular of classroom teachers tasked with teaching young ...

In the dynamic realm of education... The art and science of teaching reading have been subject to continual debate and evolution. Educators find themselves at the forefront of this discourse, ...

New research led by a team from Royal Holloway and the World Bank asserts that teaching methods should improve, after discovering that global literacy goals will not be met without major intervention.

Jodi Alatalo, the literacy coordinator and instructional coach for the Easthampton School District, works one-on-one with a student on reading at Mountain View Elementary School. The district is using ...

As states and districts overhaul the way their schools teach reading, many are banking on one specific professional-learning program to propel this transformation: Language Essentials for Teachers of ...

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 ...

To argue that schools are over-teaching phonics is to risk being seen as a naysayer—someone who believes the tide will ...

Regarding the March 12 editorial “Yes, U.S. children should be hooked on phonics”: I am a volunteer with Reading Partners, tutoring children at elementary schools in D.C. to bring them to grade-level ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

An increase in both the rates of homeschooling and the expectations of children who are entering kindergarten means the burden of teaching our youngsters to read is falling on parents like never ...

Use of "three-cueing" reading instruction could be limited, while a screener for promoting literacy could be implemented.