Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

The instructional coach revamped how young kids pull apart and put together letter sounds to form words. Her program is now being piloted in six Maine school districts.

National Reading Month reminds us that helping Michigan children become strong readers takes more than schools alone, writes ...

Fighting for Michigan’s Readers. National Reading Month highlights an important truth: helping Michigan children become ...

Plummeting literacy rates have fueled a bitter debate over how best to teach reading. And artificial intelligence turning up ...

As enrollment for preschool programs begins across the state, educators are driving home the importance of introducing young ...

In 2026, things have changed. When Megan, a London-based Irish writer I know, called her firstborn Méabh, she considered it a privilege to give her child an Irish first name – one denied to previous ...

Michigan's fourth-grade reading scores are alarming. A state senator shares his personal story and calls for urgent reform.

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early ...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed four education bills that will implement “structured literacy” best ...