On Monday, the Heber Valley Railroad will be hosting a “reading railroad” train, with every penny of proceeds going toward the Heber Valley Rotary Club's first grade reading program, which has helped ...

In early 2026, a small group of first-grade students at Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in St. James, Missouri, sat together sounding out words. Kim Williams, the school’s principal, watched as ...

Kindergarten teachers at East Oakview took part in a “learning lab” to observe how their colleagues teach new phonics lessons ...

States receiving federal literacy grants would have to follow the science of reading, under a bill the House education ...

Jim Green says one solution for Oregon’s worst-in-the-nation reading scores is a governor’s executive order away. Green should know. For 25 years, he worked the halls of the Capitol, first as a ...

Get kids reading fluently. As much as you can. Have them read and write about books. That, more or less, is the key to translating the science of reading into classroom practice, according to a new ...

“Progressives” at teachers’ colleges pushed a reading technique called “Balanced Literacy.” Instead of memorizing sounds and ...

And when it comes to kids learning to read, parents should remember that teachers can’t do the whole job themselves; they need parents as partners. What parents do may matter as much or more than ...

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

A new phonics program at Bradley Elementary School has resulted in 80% of students reading above grade level. The program from the University of Florida Literacy Institute focuses on decoding skills ...