Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing ...

Require every teacher, regardless of grade level or content area, to receive evidence-based training in the science of ...

SPIRE brings a hands-on, multisensory approach to today’s classrooms, and with SPIRE now approved for use in Florida’s K-3 classrooms, we’re thrilled that more educators and students will have access ...

Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

Phonics, a method that teaches the connection between letters and sounds, is at the center of a new push by California lawmakers to close the state’s early childhood literacy gap. A bill backed by ...

“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

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Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently ...

On July 1, the unpopular Reading Instruction Competence Assessment will be replaced with a performance assessment to ensure teachers are prepared to teach students to read.