Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

Literacy rates in the United States have been declining for over a decade, with the COVID-19 pandemic worsening the trend. Experts suggest that language development begins in utero and that reading to ...

Milwaukee is facing a significant reading crisis affecting the majority of its students. Milwaukee education and civic leaders have formed a new coalition to unite various school sectors on this issue ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Fewer Ohio public school districts received top scores in early literacy last school year in the state report cards that the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released ...

The latest release of results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress — the “Nation’s Report Card” — makes for grim reading. There’s no sugarcoating it, and no silver linings: Scores are ...

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show reading scores dropping across the country. carballo - stock.adobe.com The latest release of results from the National ...

Savannah-Chatham County Public School System saw declines in English Language Arts (ELA) scores on the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS). Six elementary and K-8 schools experienced ...

As California wrestles with a statewide literacy crisis, a bill poised to hit Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk could fundamentally change the way students learn to read in California. The bill, AB 1454, would ...

In Reader’s Workshop in third grade, we have a rule that students have a right to love what they read. During our self-selected reading time, after students give the author a reasonable try (a few ...

BOSTON – In California, third- to fifth-grade students at 525 schools using Lexia Core5 Reading (Core5) from Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group brand, made significantly higher literacy gains compared to ...