"Back to basics" won't help Northern schools catch up to Southern Surge states in reading. It takes a lot more.

Toddlers (at least some toddlers) can learn to read with help from a parent tutor, says father.

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.

K-1 students made significant gains when teachers used UFLI Foundations, a systematic phonics and phonemic awareness program.

Massachusetts parents are suing a "balanced literacy" publisher and authors for fraudulently claiming their programs are "researched-based."

"Balanced literacy" guru Lucy Calkins has become the " scapegoat for America's reading crisis ," suggests Helen Lewis in The Atlantic. ...

Third-graders at Adrian Elementary School, in the poorest county in Oregon, have the highest reading proficiency scores in the state,...

"Covid toddlers" -- kids who were two years old in March 2020 -- were more likely to be unprepared for kindergarten in fall 2023 reports...

An Oakland parent group hired and trained tutors from the community to work with early readers, reports Linda Jacobson on The 74....

Low-performing California schools improved third-graders' reading by training teachers in how children learn to read, according to a new...

"When schools fail to teach reading, it harms the public's trust in schools," writes Kendra Hurley in Slate. Her children's Brooklyn...

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters declared the first week of October "Teach Kids to Read Week." This is controversial, reports Sarah...

Oregon schools, which once outdid national averages, produced "jaw-dropping declines in student outcomes" during the pandemic, and now...

Hoping to share her love of reading, Bridget Scanlan became an "intervention" teacher working with struggling readers and special-ed...

New York City's public schools have been teaching reading badly for decades, ignoring research on how children learn to read, said...

The ninth-grader needed to multiple 3 x 9 to answer an algebra problem. She didn't have a calculator, and I wouldn't let her go look for...

Teaching phonics is a critical first step in teaching reading, but students need to build knowledge and vocabulary to get from fat cats...

Teachers' unions are pushing back against state laws requiring early literacy instruction to be based on the "science of reading," write...

Black leaders have transformed reading instruction in northern Virginia, reports Sarah Carr in the Washington Post. The Fairfax County...