From the Civil War to the dawn of the new millennium, one book has held a secure spot in American classrooms: the basal reader. These anthologies of excerpts, poems, and other short works have been ...

The “science of reading” movement is sweeping through state legislatures. Over the past several years, more states have passed laws or implemented other policies requiring schools to use ...

Steve Grineski writes: "Every day local staff teach students to decode words, understand meaning and develop a love for ...