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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been focused for years on improving literacy in the state; and in 2023, a law was passed to require teaching colleges and universities to align with the Science of Reading in ...

Timothy Rimke reads during Casey Cuny's English class at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Jae C. Hong / AP Ask a high school student about the last book they ...

The news that Amtrak is dropping its twice-daily bus service connecting Reading, Pottstown and Philadelphia certainly was discouraging. But it looks like the situation is turning into a welcome case ...

Kids' reading scores across the country and in New York remain chronically and stubbornly low. A recent national report shows high school seniors are reading at lower levels than at any time since at ...

As the dust is settling at the Oklahoma State Department of Education, we’re encouraged by new Superintendent Lindel Fields’ goals of returning to fundamental pursuits. Fields, upon being named to ...

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss. Next week, schools across the nation will celebrate National Read Across ...

Literacy is a gift we give our children. It’s reading a poem by, say, Joseph Bruchac and understanding not just the words, but the emotions behind them: “The old man must have stopped our car two ...

Neuroscientists have found that when people read, their brains don’t just process words — they simulate the story world. Functional imaging studies show that as a character in a book moves, sets goals ...

Here in Illinois — where only 30% of fourth graders are reading at grade level — education officials should look to success stories wherever they can find them. Earlier this year, we wrote with dismay ...

Students raise their hands in a classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer Even as Texas legislators are focused on passing ...

South Carolina doesn’t get much authentically good news about public education. What passes for celebration-worthy is usually along the lines of "our test scores didn’t drop as much as the national ...