During my visits, I see students deeply engaged in what they’re reading, building knowledge on important topics, developing empathy through the characters in stories, and gaining the required focus ...

In her State of the State Address, Gov. Gretch Whitmer led with education as a key initiative for 2026 and beyond.

When Alison Campbell, a third grade teacher at Lindenwold School 4 in New Jersey, began the 2021-2022 school year, only 40% of her students were reading on grade level. By the end of the school year, ...

Third grade students at Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich read independently during their reading hour. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Why are only 32% of Connecticut fourth-graders reading on ...

My child can’t read!” That’s become a common complaint from parents. Why? It might be because kids are distracted by social media and video games. But I think it’s also because reading instruction ...

American students’ reading scores have stagnated for more than 30 years. What needs to change? Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

Students’ reading skills are one of the major predictors of success in school and in careers later in life. And now, technology is shaping how children and adults read more than ever before. That ...

Reading comprehension instruction doesn't line up with what the evidence shows can work—and it goes on way too long. A recent meta-analysis confirms that it’s best to teach reading comprehension ...

Advocates for the science of reading need to expand their view of the science and push for the adoption of curricula that incorporate it. Opponents and even advocates of the “science of reading” often ...

“If you are just able to decode the words, but you don’t have the context to understand them, you’re not getting to that effective, efficient, purposeful reading for meaning,” explains Dr. Molly Ness, ...

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility: ...

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has nudged parties at odds on how early literacy should be taught to agree to legislation that could significantly advance reading proficiency in California. After weeks ...