Turning kindergarten into "the new first grade" has made school even harder for boys.

To offer a demanding, powerful curriculum to every child is not elitist. It is egalitarian.

Most English majors at two state universities in Kansas can't read and understand Dickens' Bleak House.

The first step in improving education is to stop doing stupid things.

Mississippi should be a role model for the nation in how to teach reading, along with Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, but old stereotypes persist.

College students don't spend much time studying or working for pay, but expect high grades for little effort.

Reading scores are up in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee . Other states are trying to follow the leaders. Only one in...

Schools are moving to scripted, structured lessons and "high-quality" (they hope) learning materials.

Parents can send children to school rested and ready to learn, but schools have to do their part too.

College students can't read well and don't try, writes a philosophy professor.

Schools must tell parents if their child has requested to use a different name or pronouns at school, says the U.S. Education Department.

Schools are trying to solve every student's every problem, but neglecting their academic mission.

Math and reading scores are way up in a high-poverty California district, but some teachers say there's too much testing.

Reading comprehension is based on decoding, vocabulary and knowledge, say "science of reading" advocates.

Spelling -- linking sounds to letters -- is a key to reading fluency.

Steubenville's families are struggling to make a living -- but their children are excellent readers.

In many schools, "they're warehousing our children in special ed or warehousing them in gen Ed."

Passing special-ed students along with high grades and a diploma -- but no effective instruction --doesn't do them any favors.

A Denver charter network has trained parents to work as reading tutors.

Don't blame parents for children's reading struggles.