Colleges have politicized the humanities, leaving graduates feeling cheated of a liberal arts education.

Teaching students about religion is fine in public schools, writes Natalie Wexler. "Inculcating specific religious beliefs" is not....

Parents don't want drag queens or books that feature sex toys in school libraries.

Texas will add Bible stories and religious history to its K-5 reading curriculum.

Once students have learned phonics, what's next? Reading comprehension relies on a blend of decoding, vocabulary and general knowledge,...

Students who don't learn to decode quickly and automatically do not improve their reading comprehension.

Perhaps college students can't read long or complex texts because they didn't read many books in middle and high school, suggests...

Many college students don't do the work -- perhaps because they have trouble reading and understanding college-level texts.

The Rabbit Hole, a children's literature museum in Kansas City, sounds like a wonderful place. Children can explore "scenes from beloved...

Students taught a structured, knowledge-rich curriculum starting in kindergarten earned higher reading, math and science scores in third...

After a long battle to persuade educators they need to teach phonics, systematically and explicitly, the science of reading has moved on...

Help struggling readers starting in kindergarten, says Tennessee's school board in a resolution. If they need more time to...

English teachers at Oakland's College Preparatory School, one of the most expensive private schools in California, have "let go" of...

Adam Kotsko, who teaches humanities at a small liberal arts college, finds that even his best students are unprepared to read and...

College students have trouble reading anything long or complex, complains Adam Kotsko, in Slate. He's taught humanities classes in small...

Teach old books, argues Daniel Buck, author of author of What Is Wrong with Our Schools?, on Fordham's Flypaper blog. Yes the language...

Trenace Dorsey-Hollins asked why her daughter received "emerging" (the lowest level) on her first-grade report card for a skill she'd...

Mary Wood is teaching Ta-Nehisi Coates' memoir, Between the World and Me, in her AP English Language and Composition class in Chapin,...

Training teachers to "disrupt whiteness" isn't helping children learn at a Bay Area school, reports Jill Tucker in the San Francisco...

States are jumping on the "science of reading" bandwagon, writes Sarah Schwartz for Education Week. New York, Massachusetts, Indiana,...