The “science of reading” is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words, learn vocabulary, and read increasingly sophisticated texts. More teachers are being encouraged to ...

While high-quality literacy instruction has remained a cornerstone of education leaders’ priorities, this year, the science of reading has dominated classrooms and discussions around instructional ...

To the editor: Education professor Allison Briceño fears overemphasizing foundational skills such as phonics will take time away from writing, favor already advantaged children and ignore the needs of ...

Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

In recent op-eds and comments by Sacramento journalists and Fresno Unified school board members, there have been calls for reforming how we teach reading in our schools and for utilizing the “science” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in EdNC. North Carolina is one of several states that have passed legislation in recent ...

Corrected, May 23, 2024: An earlier version of this article erroneously presented synthetic phonics and the science of reading as synonymous terms. The headline and body copy have been updated to ...

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy ...

Pictured from left are Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Mike Duffey and Gov. Mike DeWine at a press conference in Columbus. Photo courtesy of the Ohio Department of Higher Education ...

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the World Health Organization's declaration that COVID-19 was a pandemic. That announcement shuttered school buildings and launched millions of students ...