Books on the shelf at M.H. Moore Elementary School on Aug. 13, 2024. Amanda McCoy [email protected] In the Fort Worth Independent School District and across Texas, conversations about literacy ...

I'm a college admissions expert, and my students are struggling with basic reading and writing. They came of age during the iPhone era, trading reading time for screentime. Since they don't have these ...

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, a critical year for literacy development, according ...

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 ...

Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.

On an evening walk in 2023, I’d just started listening to Emily Hanford’s groundbreaking podcast “Sold a Story,” when an interview with a father and daughter hit me like a ton of library books. The ...

In a class of 24 Trenton third graders, the chances are that only three can read adequately. Four can do math on grade level. Julie O’Connor, an urban education writer for NJ Spotlight News, injected ...