Holding kids back if they're way behind in reading is very controversial, but new research shows that repeating a grade in elementary...

Middle schoolers who read at the first, second and third-grade level won't read "baby books" and can't read grade-level books, says...

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

Massachusetts, which claims to have the best public schools in the nation, is "failing its neediest learners," write Mandy McLaren and...

"Good-bye and good riddance" to teaching students to write essays, writes Daniel Herman in The Atlantic. Herman, who teaches English at a...

Students are learning again, but most are not catching up for learning lost during the pandemic, conclude three new reports comparing...

"If we really want to narrow gaps and make up for pandemic-related learning loss, we need to change what and how we teach -- especially...

There are three terrifying things about the long-term federal test data on 13-year-olds' achievement, writes Vladimir Kogan, an Ohio...

Mississippi students used to rank dead last in learning, writes Phil Bryant, the former governor of the state, on Real Clear Education....

This will be the last year of Covid-funded summer school before the pandemic relief money runs out, writes Jo Napolitano on The 74. Some...

America's 13-year-olds are moving backwards educationally, according to a new report on long term trends by the National Assessment of...

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

Charter schools are outperforming traditional public schools, according to a new study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes...

Thousands of Tennessee children will be going to summer school -- or repeating third grade, reports Chalkbeat's Marta W. Aldrich. Sixty...

Only 6 percent of eighth-graders can read Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech and identify two ideas from the Constitution or...

New Jersey just doubled the percentage of students who are "graduation ready" in reading, writes Chrif Cerf, the former state...

Teaching knowledge is not just for Republicans or conservatives, writes Natalie Wexler on Minding the Gap. Anyone who values equity...

Third-, fourth- and fifth-grade teachers have many more students who read poorly because they missed out on decoding instruction when...

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

If Tennessee's read-or- repeat law had been in place last year, 65 percent of third graders would have been at-risk of retention for...