Lawmakers in the Michigan Legislature, alarmed by students’ troubling performance in reading, want to ensure that teachers receive training in the science of reading, which emphasizes phonics along ...

A 26-year partnership between Rally to Read and Ford Motor Company Africa brings books, training and digital tools to eight ...

When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...

Fulton County’s literacy coaches helped raise reading scores, offering a model as Georgia considers placing a coach in every ...

Too many Georgian children are failing to read at grade level. This limits their opportunities for success and puts them at risk of poverty, unemployment and incarceration.

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

After previous years of low literacy rates, San Joaquin County is actively making changes to improve student reading scores.

Since the school district implemented a new phonics program in Bradley Elementary School, 80% of the kids are now reading ...

TOOELE COUNTY, Utah — Utah lawmakers are considering what could be an aggressive move to combat lagging childhood literacy rates across the state. State Sen. Ann Millner has introduced Senate Bill 241 ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...