First grade teacher Rita McCord instructs students in reading at Hiawatha Elementary School in Hiawatha on Feb. 1. The Cedar Rapids Community School District began training special education teachers ...

Parents and teachers generally agree: Literacy is one of the cornerstones of educational fairness and crucial for lifelong success. Yet, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

All Ohio schools will teach the science of reading this school year in an attempt to bring up literacy rates across the state. Gov. Mike DeWine is a huge proponent of this phonics-based approach to ...

This is part 2 of a two-story look at the principal role in leading change in how schools teach reading. Part 1 explored ways districts are equipping principals with supports; in this story, ...

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One of the most welcome developments in education practice and policy of the past half decade has been the surprising momentum around the science of reading. To be sure, it’s been a sober reckoning ...

Under a bill in the Iowa Senate, schools would be required to align their reading instruction with strategies supported by what is known as the science of reading. It would also put Iowa among a ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is once again making the push for phonics-based literacy education for Ohio students after last week's State of the State address. In Columbus, guests packed the Lincoln Theatre ...

Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

Schools across the country have been shifting their reading strategies to incorporate knowledge and best practices they have learned from the science of reading. More than 30 states have written ...