"I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said. Learning to read isn't fair. It comes naturally for some students. But for others it's a frustrating, agonizing process ...

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...

In October 2022, Mississippi reported some exhilarating news. After the state started using phonics to teach reading in 2013, its fourth-grade reading scores jumped from 49th to 29th in the nation, ...

This article was originally published in Stateline. As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold: not whether reading ...

At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing many of them. The results are so obvious even those who struggle to read can see ...

After years of stagnant reading scores in Wisconsin, some school districts are using federal pandemic aid to rethink their literacy instruction. Cudahy, a school district south of Milwaukee with about ...

Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently by third grade are far more likely to fall behind, drop out of high school ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a cliché that Kymyona Burk heard a little too often: “Thank God for Mississippi.” As the state’s literacy director, she knew politicians in other states would say it when their ...

American students are struggling with reading. And the country's education system hasn't found a way to make it better. In fact, fourth and eighth grade reading scores on the National Assessment of ...

Apr. 30—As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold: not whether reading instruction needs fixing, but how to fix it. More ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing ...