The “reading wars” that raged in American schools for decades finally seem to be ending. The victor is clear: Phonics is the ...

Scholarship Institute reports effective tutoring for K-12 should occur during school, emphasize trust, set goals, and track ...

There are actually two ways to do jigsaw learning: ...

Test scores at 66 of the state’s lowest-performing schools strongly outpaced similar schools after educators adopted phonics-based instruction, offering some of the most compelling evidence to date ...

Educators are rethinking how reading should be taught in schools. New research has highlighted flaws in decades-old methods. As a result, dozens of states have passed laws or implemented new policies ...

October marks Dyslexia Awareness Month, bringing renewed focus to Wisconsin's reading crisis as the state grapples with ...

Pay attention to the shapes your mouths make as you pronounce the word, instructs Robin Fuxa, their education professor at Oklahoma State University. She asks her students if they can feel the way the ...

Close reading involves reading everything twice (or more than twice). The first time is to get what it says, but the following times are to understand why it says it and why it says it that way. The ...

After years of declining student scores, the state’s plan centers on evidence-based teaching strategies akin to what other states have adopted.

Following 'concerning declines' in test scores on a national assessment, Maine's Department of Education has new action plans ...

Call it the end of an era for fantasy-fueled reading instruction. In a move that has parents like me cheering, Columbia University’s Teachers College announced last month that it is shuttering its ...