Many states have recently enacted laws or rules designed to ensure that teachers are well versed in evidence-based reading instruction. Here are some highlights. Requires districts to provide core ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

As a progressive educator in New York City for 30 years, I thought I had all the answers. The best teaching had to do with inquiry, with “higher-level thinking,” with “student-centered” project-based ...

Lower-income children who need preparation in academic language and exposure to texts that promote academic vocabulary are not getting enough of either type of instruction. Explicit vocabulary ...

How best to teach kids to read is a worldwide conversation – underscored recently in Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong, by award-winning American Public Media investigative ...

Corrected: A previous version of the article misstated Kareem J. Weaver’s position on the Oakland NAACP’s education committee. He is a member. Early-reading advocates in California have raised ...

Lorraine Hammond is affiliated with Learning Difficulties Australia and is a Professional Development Consultant with the Kimberley Schools Project, a state government initiative in Western Australia.

By Benjamin Piper and Nompumelelo Mohohlwane. Africa stands at the edge of a historic demographic shift. By 2050, one in three young people in the world will be African. This represents an ...