An Alabama law would ban elementary teachers from using an outdated method of reading instruction. SB168 would prohibit ...

State lawmakers have a better grasp of how legislation passed in 2024 and 2025 are affecting reading instruction in the state ...

Are our brains wired for reading? Can kids learn to read on their own? Here's what the research says and how we can implement ...

Jamilah Watson, a reading tutor with the program Reading Assist, works with a rising kindergartner at Stubbs Early Education Center in Wilmingon, Delaware. This was the first year that Reading Assist ...

In the Sept. 26, 2025, opinion essay, “Small-Group Reading Instruction Is Not as Effective as You Think,” authors Mike Schmoker and Timothy Shanahan list shortcomings of small-group reading ...

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 ...

After years of stagnant reading scores in Wisconsin, some school districts are using federal pandemic aid to rethink their literacy instruction. Cudahy, a school district south of Milwaukee with about ...

The “science of reading” movement isn’t slowing down. Throughout 2025, Education Week has covered how states and districts are continuing to put new instructional methods and materials into practice, ...

New data and analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) show that while many states seek to improve literacy outcomes for students, they focus too little on a key component to strong ...

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The statistics are well known: only 35 percent of students are reading proficiently by grade 4, and NAEP reading scores are the lowest in decades. Although most students can learn to read, the ...

Jefferson County Public Schools will revisit how it teaches students to read and by next year will roll out a new reading curriculum required for all district elementary schools, according to ...