Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade.

State lawmakers have passed a slate of comprehensive reading bills in recent years that aim to align schools’ teaching, curricula, and professional development with research on key foundational ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. The evidence is mounting that an elementary literacy curriculum called ...

Five years ago, the Bethlehem Area School District laid out a bold goal -- it wanted to have all of its students reading on grade level by third grade -- and set out to make that happen. The district ...

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 ...

If signed into law, the bill will enforce new literacy programs, educator preparation, and screenings for potential learning disabilities. The post Mass. lawmakers reach agreement on bill aiming to ...

South Africa’s latest literacy findings have again placed the spotlight on the country’s foundational learning crisis, with new data showing that too many children are still entering the later grades ...