One Utah school is being held up as an example for dramatically moving the needle with its students' reading scores: Mona Elementary in the small, rural town by the same name. Here's what they did.

With the new school year now rolling, teachers and school leaders are likely being hit with a hard truth: Many students are not proficient in reading. This, of course, presents challenges for students ...

The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results from an exam known as the nation's report card. The National Assessment of ...

Almost every state has overhauled elementary school reading programs. But one group of students is getting left behind.

Millions–probably billions–of dollars invested. Not to mention the blood, sweat, and tears of hundreds of thousands of teachers. And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student ...

Across Oregon, conversations about low reading proficiency have put a spotlight on the importance of early literacy and the districts working hard to make real progress. In South Umpqua School ...

New city funding will allow San Francisco’s school district to clear waitlists for the private tutors and more than double ...

(TNS) — What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

Two strong policy shifts: holding individual schools accountable for student performance, and changing how reading is taught ...

Supporting these children is important. Students who wrestle with reading are more likely to later experience anxiety and depression. Adults with reading difficulties are also more likely to be ...

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 ...

Loralyn LaBombard is the only reading specialist at Bow Memorial School, a middle school serving grades 5-8 in a leafy town outside Concord, N.H. In the world of literacy education, that is not an ...